Perhaps McConnell is getting scared...

[Wounded Bear]

MSNBC is reporting that McConnell is defending the fillibuster.

Hmmmm...

[Mrs. Overall]

1. Yep. Just heard commentary that this indicates he thinks Republicans will lose the Senate.

[Wounded Bear]

2. That would be the obvious inference...

If he wasn't scared of losing his cushy job, he wouldn't bring it up.

It's probably a ploy to get out the RW base.

Dems need to emphasize that it hasn't been "Congress" that has not been getting things done. It has been Repubs blocking everything.

[Meadowoak]

5. He might lose his seat to Amy McGrath. It's going to be close.

[Wounded Bear]

8. I'd almost prefer he win and have to be in the minority without the fillibuster.

ALMOST!

[Meadowoak]

10. I'd rather him be tarred and feathered then rode out of town on a rail!

[MyOwnPeace]

12. Yep!

That's got my vote!

[diva77]

11. Kentucky's SOS is a Dem -- certainly better than the alternative if anyone is to

prevail over McTurd

[dalton99a]

3. The Constitution says NOTHING about the filibuster.

[diva77]

17. I wonder who the next totally corrupt rethug to be given prime RE in the NY Times will be?

[JackInGreen]

4. Good

Maybe he'll go into his office and take the best exit available to him.

[kysrsoze]

6. He doesn't even let it get to that point and kills the bills. Fuck him 1000x.

[gohuskies]

7. Moscow Mitch should take the Shawshank warden exit path

We'd have a working congress again if he isn't allowed to continue corrupting the country.

[diva77]

16. what is the Shawshank warden exit path?

[kentuck]

9. Of course!

He thinks he might be in the minority after the next election.


Democrats should tell him to go screw himself!

[JohnnyRingo]

13. He knows republicans are going to need it soon.

To be fair, both parties fear losing one of the very few powers of a minority entity.

[standingtall]

14. republicans should be scared of losing the filibuster

because Democrats have the ace in the hole and the check mate if they decide to engage in procedural warfare by ending the filibuster and that is the U.S. territories in which the demographics heavily favor Democrats. Make all U.S. territories States and the republican party as we know it is done for about the next 100 years. They would not be able to undo what we do, because they will not be able to get the Senate back and even if they do there is no constitutional mechanism for kicking a State out of the Union so in the long run Democrats at least will hold the Senate far more often than republicans.

[Wounded Bear]

15. With any luck, the Repub party will be in the minority for a while...

a good long while.

Unfortunately, Dems don't necessarily look at power the same way Repubs do.