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We would know that in November, the start of lame duck, right?
So, why not switch the rules back to 60 then ?
Let them change it back to 51 like we did and everyone could throw their words today back in their face?
Hey, it would add a bit of fun in what would be a very dismal time.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)who cares? Maybe that's too cynical.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)a notch above zero - you can do what the hell you want.
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)or has the clock struck 12?
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)That's the one where we say that shutting off the Filibuster (which is a good idea) for these nominations is fine for us, but when our political oponents get back into power we turn it back on.
Bryant
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)back at the last minute JUST to watch them eat their words when they pull the same thing and switch it
back to 51...."Power Grab", etc.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Either we think getting rid of the filibuster for judicial positions/other nominations is a good idea or we don't. We can't think it's a good idea when we have power and a bad idea when they have power or it becomes craven opportunism.
Bryant
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)knows full well how to switch it. It wouldn't make sense for us to switch it back to 60 - knowing full well
they could switch it back to 51
Berlum
(7,044 posts)I'd rather be an opportunist than a stinkin phony hypocrite.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)That's my plan.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)It just may work!
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)should be able to pass legislation and appoint nominees.
Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)
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NYC Liberal
(20,135 posts)They will never get that.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)I'm deleting my post. Don't want to mis-inform or cause unnecessary panic. My bad.
-Laelth
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)So the "lame duck" Senate and the next Senate would consist of essentially the same members, except for a small number of seats retired or lost.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)Now is it?
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)Besides, the Senators tend to be independent, and getting enough Ds to do it is improbable.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)In that it has been a rare event. Yet it happened. Changing senate filibuster rules was improbable. Yet it happened.
There's no telling what either side will do in this climate.