Will the Democrats get rid of the filibuster?

[pgodbold]

This poll assumes the Democrats will hold at least 50 senate seats and so are able, by a simple majority, to kill the filibuster.

[chimpymustgo]

1. Why won't they make them actually fillibuster?

[Motown_Johnny]

2. how about lower the number of Senators needed to break the Filibuster?

[d_b]

3. lol?

[virginia mountainman]

4. Yea sure, get rid of it..

To do so, "assuames" that we Democrats will be a majority, forever....

I know many are in favor of just "getting rid of it" but, what about when the Repukes are in power??

Will you still support "getting rid of it then"??

[pgodbold]

5. Yes.

[Motown_Johnny]

7. we tend to compromise with them anyways.. so getting rid of it would hurt us less

than it would them

[laughingliberal]

11. I guaran-damn-tee you the first thing the Republicans will do when they have a majority again is get

...rid of the filibuster. Dems hanging onto it as a hedge against this boogeyman is worthless and counterproductive. Had we changed the rules a while back, we'd have passed some effective legislation that would have us in a far better position to retain our majority.

[LynneSin]

6. I am still against removing the filibuster. Maybe refining it but not removing it

Because we have prevented more activist judges from being seated thanks to the filibuster.

[LonePirate]

8. Fear of what the other side could do should never prevent us from doing something to help our causes

Think of how much we could have actually accomplished without a filibuster. The filibuster has helped create the electoral nightmare we now face. Sure we may love the filibuster when the Rs are in control; but we cannot govern through fear and negativity.

[pgodbold]

9. Hmm... the supremes have never been so far right. If it helped it sure didn't help much.

[laughingliberal]

12. +1 nt

[LynneSin]

14. It's not just for the Supreme Court

There was at least a dozen bush nominees that got filibustered

[ManiacJoe]

10. Need to return to the real filibuster.

The one where folks are required to constantly talk.

[LiberalFighter]

13. Republicans will fillibuster to prevent changes.