2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... then with the progressives trying to get the Democratic Party to support Merkely, Harkin, and Udall in the fillibuster reform that would challenge those who wanted to do a filibuster to do a talking filibuster in order to stop a vote instead of the crap we have in place now. Both Feinstein (and unfortunately even Barbara Boxer) were identified as part of the small group of senators that stood in the way of this happening. And this was the exact same time that Feinstein was trying show she had support for the grass roots Democratic Party more populist stance on an issue with the firearms control bill she was trying to get passed in the Senate but that got filibustered and stopped then. Had she REALLY been an honest politician that wanted to see that passed, and not just present a Kabuki theater presentation of her support for firearms control that she engaged in, then she would have not stood in the way of the filibuster changes. Unfortunately, there is too much of what is going on in Washington now that follows this script, much of which the public doesn't get to hear about!