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10. Besides the Repubs changing it if they get the majority I also think

Reply to TrollBuster9090 (Original post)

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:58 PM

Jun 2013

If our side was as good at using the filibuster as the GOP I might question the idea of changing it, but Dems in the Senate have a history of rolling over and giving the GOP everything they want, so theres nothing to lose*.

(*Except the excuse the filibuster gives them as to why they cant pass progressive legislation, but thats another story.)

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To Democrats Who Don'T Want Filibuster Reform Because They're Afraid of What The GOP Will Do When [View all] TrollBuster9090 Jun 2013 OP

cowards who do not believe their own alleged values so are not willing to stand for them nt msongs Jun 2013 #1

I wish they would kill it Politicalboi Jun 2013 #2

Yeah, I don't know what they're waiting for. I mean, are there a few Democratic Senators who are TrollBuster9090 Jun 2013 #7

K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #3

Thank you! TrollBuster9090 Jun 2013 #6

agree 100% SCantiGOP Jun 2013 #4

I'm pretty sure the GOP will (at the very LEAST) convert it back to a talking filibuster as soon as TrollBuster9090 Jun 2013 #5

Totally agree with you. Andy823 Jun 2013 #8

Only partly agree. I think many of the Senate Democrats DONT WANT REFORM. rhett o rick Jun 2013 #9

This is precisely why Reid hated Merkley so much for releasing the names of those senators... cascadiance Jun 2013 #11

Besides the Repubs changing it if they get the majority I also think DJ13 Jun 2013 #10

Damn Democrats.. Vietnameravet Jun 2013 #12

We have two corporate parties, sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #13

I think you just nailed it in a nutshell!! AAO Jun 2013 #14

For some reason there are Democrats who keep trying to claim Republicans are sane. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #15