Tx4obama
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Fri Jan-28-11 01:34 AM
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Rachel Maddow- Senate ends secret holds |
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Posted on YouTube: January 28, 2011
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Posted on DU: January 28, 2011
By DU Member: Tx4obama
Views on DU: 356 | Lots more info here in the below DU OP and in the comments: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4713055
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Fri Jan-28-11 09:21 AM
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1. Not bad. The real problem with the filibuster is |
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Edited on Fri Jan-28-11 09:24 AM by demwing
that in the last Senate, it never was really used, just threatened. Keep the filibuster (we may need it on our side soon enough), just stop feinting dead away whenever Republicans threaten to use it. Force their hand. Show it on CSPAN. Comment on it. Make the filibuster stonewalling a topic of public discourse. Politicize the hell out of it. Beat the drum.
Would anyone anticipate some potential future Republican Senate Majority Leader having the same issues of reticence that Harry Reid had? Fahgetaboutit...
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