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HARRY!!!!! (Original Post)
WilliamPitt
Nov 2013
OP
No question about that. I was just dreaming of the irony if he turned the tables on
rhett o rick
Nov 2013
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MANative
(4,112 posts)1. I am assuming (I know, that's dangerous!) that since he has finally...
raised this issue on the floor, that he is 100% confident that he has the votes to pass it. Yes? Please?!
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)2. godamn it will...im in court...what the fuck is happening?? nt
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)3. Harry went nuclear.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)4. motherfuckin' time. now make some judges Harry!!!! nt
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)5. Go harry
yodermon
(6,143 posts)7. god we need a mashup of mcconnell as voldemort
DinahMoeHum
(21,774 posts)9. Might work, considering McConnell doesn't have much of a nose
on that turtle face.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)6. Many of Pres Obama's nominations have been conservative IMO,
people that the conservatives might accept if they werent a-holes. But now that the filibuster is dead for nominees, wouldnt it be ironic if Pres Obama went crazy and nominated progressives? Just sayin.
polichick
(37,152 posts)8. Maybe he likes conservatives.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)10. No question about that. I was just dreaming of the irony if he turned the tables on
the conservatives in the Senate and appointed progressives.
polichick
(37,152 posts)11. It would be great!
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)12. Is the filibuster dead for everything or...
just judicial nominees?
jeff47
(26,549 posts)14. Vote hasn't been taken yet, but the plan is
to end it for judicial and executive nominations, except for the SCOTUS. Legislation and SCOTUS nominations would still be subject to filibuster.
TheKentuckian
(25,020 posts)13. Good, should have been done January, 2009 so we could enact our agenda.
melm00se
(4,984 posts)15. This may be one of those situations
that you can love when you are in the majority but will despise when you are in the minority.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)16. It's about goddamn time.