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Enrique

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3. maybe he likes messing with us

Reply to sharp_stick (Reply #1)

Wed May 22, 2013, 03:36 PM

May 2013

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Reid appears to back away from "nuclear option" on fillibusters [View all] Alhena May 2013 OP

I don't know why he keeps bringing it up sharp_stick May 2013 #1

maybe he likes messing with us Enrique May 2013 #3

Harry Reid needs to resign from his Majority Leader role Mr. David May 2013 #2

He's scared of what 2014 might bring 4dsc May 2013 #6

Then he's a moron. jeff47 May 2013 #10

Why? Presume they take control after the 2014 election. What does eliminating the filibuster gain 24601 May 2013 #19

Because they want that veto jeff47 May 2013 #22

who might that be among Democratic senators? rurallib May 2013 #9

The problem is that if he does, more likely than not we'd get Chuck Schumer. Arkana May 2013 #40

this is exactly it. it's a threat he keeps using to get something else. unblock May 2013 #4

We need someone who doesn't play these games tblue May 2013 #28

Amen! n/t SylviaD May 2013 #36

Well, tie me to a fencepost Stuckinthebush May 2013 #5

I am so surprised about Harry Reid.. Stuart G May 2013 #8

There is a reason it is called the "nuclear option." sofa king May 2013 #38

I am surprised that Harry Reid tblue May 2013 #42

Like Lucy with the football. hobbit709 May 2013 #7

Spineless worm. [nt] Jester Messiah May 2013 #11

Amen mpcamb May 2013 #21

The Dems just called asking for money. GeorgeGist May 2013 #12

I'm with her. tblue May 2013 #29

No one could have possibly predicted Reid might change his mind! AndyA May 2013 #13

Reid is from Searchlight, Nevada Plucketeer May 2013 #16

He was never going to do it. tblue May 2013 #30

I'm shocked! Just shocked! City Lights May 2013 #14

The reports of his growth of a pair of testicles were premature. n/t Agnosticsherbet May 2013 #15

When is Harry... ReRe May 2013 #17

Shut your pie hole, Harry... awoke_in_2003 May 2013 #18

There's a shock. cyberswede May 2013 #20

He is complicit in it all! Dustlawyer May 2013 #23

Reid's Counterpoint PA May 2013 #24

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OnyxCollie May 2013 #25

Different interpretation... babylonsister May 2013 #26

Strange that no one's paying your post any attention when the WaPo article was released on the same BlueCaliDem May 2013 #32

One interpretation is supported by Reid's repeated prior actions Alhena May 2013 #43

he already caved on this months ago Doctor_J May 2013 #27

Of course, he does. No one can afford to have the fiction of "two" parties actually stripped away villager May 2013 #31

. Dragonfli May 2013 #33

If he does back away, it'd be no surprise sakabatou May 2013 #34

Naturally. n/t Fearless May 2013 #35

SUR-PRISE, SUR-PRISE, SUR-PRISE! Pab Sungenis May 2013 #37

Of course. Arkana May 2013 #39

This is no longer a tactic. xxqqqzme May 2013 #41