...and if they take both the House and Senate, should they repeal the "filibuster rule"?
I say "if" because I do not have the certainty that some might have.
But, in my opinion, it they do regain the power, I think they should repeal the "filibuster rule", at least temporarily.
Because, even with the minority, the Republicans will attempt to block everything the Democrats need to do to get the country back on the right track. They will obstruct everything, just as they have done in the past.
The only way to prevent that is to pass legislation with a simple majority. We have already seen how quick the Republicans were to appoint Supreme Court Justices with a simple majority.
If the Democrats are fortunate enough to win with landslide numbers, they may be able to hold onto the House and Senate for several elections? Of course, that is never a guarantee.
There are a lot of problems that need to be fixed. Ideally, Republicans would join with Democrats to fix them, but that is nothing we would want to bet on.
Once the country was back on the right track, the Democrats could vote to restore the filibuster rule, preferably before the next election.
Would the Republicans be for it or against it? If they thought they were going to win, they would be against restoring the filibuster rule. If they thought their odds were too long, they might agree to restore it? Either way, the Democrats would put the decision back in their laps.
It would not be an easy decision.
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