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[BlueStreak]

6. Exactly. Fear uf the future is no reason to f### up the present

And let's get real about the future. The numbers are somewhat unfavorable for the Senate in 2014, but not as bad as 2012, and we won 2012. Granted it is a mid-term, and we have a POTUS who seems to be AWOL, with tumbling popularity and (more importantly) dwindling support from his base. So, Let's say the GOP takes the Senate in 2014. If so, it will only be by a vote or two -- nowhere near what they would need for a veto. So if Obama had any backbone, we would still be in a strong position through 2016.

And in 2016, the Senate numbers are VERY favorable to the Dems, so even if there is a GOP President, we should control the Senate.

The reality is that the GOP will change the rules whenever it suits them, and Reid's actions today don't affect that one bit. Here is the message they ought to be hearing. Dems had better get to work governing -- and that means stopping these ridiculous filibusters -- or else they don't deserve to be in charge of anything come 2014 and beyond.