Bernie Sanders on Ed (Rachel) saying he will Filibusterer the DEAL!

[KansasVoter]

That might be the best news I have heard in a month!!!

[Fresh_Start]

1. yes, its better to let the tax cuts expire

and have the tea party immediately vote to increase the deficit once they are sworn into office.

[valerief]

2. I love Bernie!!!!! nt

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. Hey, someone with real balls! Way to go Bernie (Obama, take notes).

[jenmito]

4. Unrec. I guess he couldn't care less about repealing DADT, passing the SALT treaty,

the DREAM Act, etc.

[KansasVoter]

6. And you buy in that giving up is a great trait!

[jenmito]

18. It's not "giving up." It's "getting things done."

[donco6]

10. DADT and DREAM are dead already.

SALT will pass, only because the rich don't want to be blown up any more than the rest of us.

Pentagon chief tells sailors 'don't ask, don't tell' policy on gays probably won't change soon

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is predicting the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the armed forces will be around for a while longer.

He addressed the matter in remarks to sailors Monday aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea. Gates said that he was "not particularly optimistic" that Congress would overturn the policy soon, even though he wishes it would.

Senate Democrats want to vote this month to overturn the 1993 law, which bans gays from serving openly. But Republicans have blocked the proposal, insisting that Congress deal instead with tax cuts and spending.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2010/12/gates_doubts_military_rules_on_gays_to_change_soon.php

[jenmito]

19. I read your link on about 3 different threads already. And as I said to you on another thread,

I know about his concern. But on Monday he hadn't heard about Lieberman's statement that he wants to stay in session until it IS voted on.

[Phx_Dem]

15. +1000. He won't do it though. n/t

[jenmito]

20. Thanks. I agree. n/t

[Davis_X_Machina]

5. He's welcome to try...

...and he'll get as far as Chris Dodd -- whom we're all supposed to hate, for some reason -- filibustered the telco immunity provisions of the FISA extensions two years ago this month.

You need 40 votes to sustain cloture. Where's he going to get them?

[DisgustipatedinCA]

9. but you know, at least he'll be showing us he's trying

That's more than can be said for most Democrats involved in this shameful fiasco, at least so far.

[grumgrum]

12. Its amazing how when its for the Rich/Powerful ANYTHING is possible, but Not for Middle-Class.

[Phx_Dem]

16. Exactly. This is all bluster. n/t

[Me.]

7. Wouldn't A Hold Work Better?

[BadgerKid]

8. Maybe a secret hold (like the pubs do). n/t

[ibegurpard]

11. excellent!

[Thrill]

13. And it will expose the real problem

Conservative Dems in Congress

[Milo_Bloom]

14. Wow, a democrat fighting for something?

Oh wait.. that's right...

[mtnsnake]

17. Too bad Bernie couldn't be cloned 49 times. nt