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In reply to the discussion: I simply don't understand how voters can turn their backs on a President who brought us back from [View all]SunSeeker
(58,296 posts)The filibuster numbers under Obama were unprecedented. It literally went off the charts. Google "filibuster chart."
And you're dead wrong about Obama having the largest majority since LBJ. Carter had 61 Dems in the Senate, a filibuster proof majority and more than Obama had. The Senate Dem numbers Obama had in his first term were comparable to the 57 Clinton had in his first term; more than a simple majority but not a filibuster proof majority, as I detail in post #53 above. So no, the Dem numbers in the Senate under Obama were not "rare majorities."
What was rare and unprecedented was the Republican obstructionism. It's too bad you dont have your facts straight. If you did, you'd direct your venom at the GOP instead of your fellow Dems...assuming you're a Dem.