Donks in Senate trigger nuclear option

[BDKJMU]

Reverses 225 years of precedent. Its going to come back to bite them in the arse when Republicans have the Senate & White House in 2017.
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[GannonFan]

Hey, does this mean since "nuclear" is not such a bad word anymore that we can really start to look into kickstarting the nuclear industry in this country and forget this silly obsession with ethanol?

[dbackjon]

Reverses 225 years of precedent. Its going to come back to bite them in the arse when Republicans have the Senate & White House in 2017.
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The ones ignoring precedent are the FUCKING GOP.


There have been 168 Filibusters of Presidential nominees in the history of the UNITED STATES.


86 occurred under the previous presidents.

82 occurred while Obama has been President

This is GOP obstructionism, pure and simple


EVERY Single GOP Senator should resign or be impeached. They are not worthy to be Senators.

[GannonFan]

Reverses 225 years of precedent. Its going to come back to bite them in the arse when Republicans have the Senate & White House in 2017.
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The ones ignoring precedent are the **** GOP.


There have been 168 Filibusters of Presidential nominees in the history of the UNITED STATES.


86 occurred under the previous presidents.

82 occurred while Obama has been President

This is GOP obstructionism, pure and simple


EVERY Single GOP Senator should resign or be impeached. They are not worthy to be Senators.

Gee, hyperbole much? If ever there was a bipartisan problem it has been the inability for either party to work with the party in power and it's been going on for a good decade or two now, with each Congress just continuing the trend from the other Congress. The GOP is just doing what the Dems did before them, which is stifle debate and progress in the Senate. The only reason the GOP is the current holder of the title "most obstructionist" is because they are the party in the minority right now. When it changes, look again for the Dems to break the record for obstructionism, just as they did in the prior Congress.

Oh, and the filibuster stat is bogus (and undocumented, btw). Presidential nominees have been blocked even more so in the past by secret deals that never even reached the filibuster level. Filibusters represent a small sliver of the actual blockages of nominees in the past, they're just the more showy version of blocking.

[DSUrocks07]

Hey, does this mean since "nuclear" is not such a bad word anymore that we can really start to look into kickstarting the nuclear industry in this country and forget this silly obsession with ethanol?

Peter Gammons made an allusion to the Tsarnaev brothers referring to A-Rod. Nothing is off limits anymore.

Except the Washington R******s of course.

[DSUrocks07]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Dacnvjf8A[/youtube]

[dbackjon]

The ones ignoring precedent are the **** GOP.


There have been 168 Filibusters of Presidential nominees in the history of the UNITED STATES.


86 occurred under the previous presidents.

82 occurred while Obama has been President

This is GOP obstructionism, pure and simple


EVERY Single GOP Senator should resign or be impeached. They are not worthy to be Senators.

Gee, hyperbole much? If ever there was a bipartisan problem it has been the inability for either party to work with the party in power and it's been going on for a good decade or two now, with each Congress just continuing the trend from the other Congress. The GOP is just doing what the Dems did before them, which is stifle debate and progress in the Senate. The only reason the GOP is the current holder of the title "most obstructionist" is because they are the party in the minority right now. When it changes, look again for the Dems to break the record for obstructionism, just as they did in the prior Congress.

Oh, and the filibuster stat is bogus (and undocumented, btw). Presidential nominees have been blocked even more so in the past by secret deals that never even reached the filibuster level. Filibusters represent a small sliver of the actual blockages of nominees in the past, they're just the more showy version of blocking.

Not at all - it is very clear that the GOP policy from day one of the Obama administration has been to obstruct, obstruct and obstruct.

This was a stated goal of the GOP.

Take off your "non-partisan" blinders to see the reality of the situation.

[Ibanez]

Reverses 225 years of precedent. Its going to come back to bite them in the arse when Republicans have the Senate & White House in 2017.
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The ones ignoring precedent are the FUCKING GOP.


There have been 168 Filibusters of Presidential nominees in the history of the UNITED STATES.


86 occurred under the previous presidents.

82 occurred while Obama has been President

This is GOP obstructionism, pure and simple


EVERY Single GOP Senator should resign or be impeached. They are not worthy to be Senators.

Oh for christ sake. I'm no GOP fan but for christ sake, you want a Dictatorship.

[clenz]

Reverses 225 years of precedent. Its going to come back to bite them in the arse when Republicans have the Senate & White House in 2017.
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The ones ignoring precedent are the FUCKING GOP.


There have been 168 Filibusters of Presidential nominees in the history of the UNITED STATES.


86 occurred under the previous presidents.

82 occurred while Obama has been President

This is GOP obstructionism, pure and simple


EVERY Single GOP Senator should resign or be impeached. They are not worthy to be Senators.

What's the debt of the presidents pre Obama taking office vs since Obama took office?

[Ibanez]

Gee, hyperbole much? If ever there was a bipartisan problem it has been the inability for either party to work with the party in power and it's been going on for a good decade or two now, with each Congress just continuing the trend from the other Congress. The GOP is just doing what the Dems did before them, which is stifle debate and progress in the Senate. The only reason the GOP is the current holder of the title "most obstructionist" is because they are the party in the minority right now. When it changes, look again for the Dems to break the record for obstructionism, just as they did in the prior Congress.

Oh, and the filibuster stat is bogus (and undocumented, btw). Presidential nominees have been blocked even more so in the past by secret deals that never even reached the filibuster level. Filibusters represent a small sliver of the actual blockages of nominees in the past, they're just the more showy version of blocking.

Not at all - it is very clear that the GOP policy from day one of the Obama administration has been to obstruct, obstruct and obstruct.

This was a stated goal of the GOP.

Take off your "non-partisan" blinders to see the reality of the situation.

The GOP and the Democrats have been obstructing one another. This is hardly a GOP problem. If those 435 fucknuts could act like adults, we wouldn't have this problem.

[DSUrocks07]

Not at all - it is very clear that the GOP policy from day one of the Obama administration has been to obstruct, obstruct and obstruct.

This was a stated goal of the GOP.

Take off your "non-partisan" blinders to see the reality of the situation.

The GOP and the Democrats have been obstructing one another. This is hardly a GOP problem. If those 435 **** could act like adults, we wouldn't have this problem.

But that would require removing one's "partisan" blinders

[DSUrocks07]

Interesting they could change a 60 vote rule to a 51 vote rule...by a 51 vote majority rule...

[Ibanez]

Interesting they could change a 60 vote rule to a 51 vote rule...by a 51 vote majority rule...

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[ASUMountaineer]

Reverses 225 years of precedent. Its going to come back to bite them in the arse when Republicans have the Senate & White House in 2017.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ ... print.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The ones ignoring precedent are the FUCKING GOP.


There have been 168 Filibusters of Presidential nominees in the history of the UNITED STATES.


86 occurred under the previous presidents.

82 occurred while Obama has been President

This is GOP obstructionism, pure and simple


EVERY Single GOP Senator should resign or be impeached. They are not worthy to be Senators.

ERRR MY GEEERRRR DUURRRR

[CID1990]

Reverses 225 years of precedent. Its going to come back to bite them in the arse when Republicans have the Senate & White House in 2017.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ ... print.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The ones ignoring precedent are the **** GOP.


There have been 168 Filibusters of Presidential nominees in the history of the UNITED STATES.


86 occurred under the previous presidents.

82 occurred while Obama has been President

This is GOP obstructionism, pure and simple


EVERY Single GOP Senator should resign or be impeached. They are not worthy to be Senators.

Considering the general competence level of Obama appointees I'm glad the GOP actually found a spine in at least this one venue.

[GannonFan]

Gee, hyperbole much? If ever there was a bipartisan problem it has been the inability for either party to work with the party in power and it's been going on for a good decade or two now, with each Congress just continuing the trend from the other Congress. The GOP is just doing what the Dems did before them, which is stifle debate and progress in the Senate. The only reason the GOP is the current holder of the title "most obstructionist" is because they are the party in the minority right now. When it changes, look again for the Dems to break the record for obstructionism, just as they did in the prior Congress.

Oh, and the filibuster stat is bogus (and undocumented, btw). Presidential nominees have been blocked even more so in the past by secret deals that never even reached the filibuster level. Filibusters represent a small sliver of the actual blockages of nominees in the past, they're just the more showy version of blocking.

Not at all - it is very clear that the GOP policy from day one of the Obama administration has been to obstruct, obstruct and obstruct.

This was a stated goal of the GOP.

Take off your "non-partisan" blinders to see the reality of the situation.

And the Democratic announced strategy for Bush's second term was exactly the same - obstruct, obstruct, obstruct. If you honestly think they both don't do it and that the Dems wouldn't outsidtance the GOP doing this if they became the minority you are not only wearing blinders, your eyes are closed too.

[BDKJMU]

The donks are doing this judicial nominees except for SCOTUS nominees. Grassley said when Republicans are in power they will 1 up the donks and include SCOTUS nominees..

[BDKJMU]

Wait, does this mean when Republicans take back the Senate and WH that they can use the nuclear option to get rid of Obamacare? If so this is very good news indeed...

[Grizalltheway]

The ones ignoring precedent are the FUCKING GOP.


There have been 168 Filibusters of Presidential nominees in the history of the UNITED STATES.


86 occurred under the previous presidents.

82 occurred while Obama has been President

This is GOP obstructionism, pure and simple


EVERY Single GOP Senator should resign or be impeached. They are not worthy to be Senators.

What's the debt of the presidents pre Obama taking office vs since Obama took office?

[BDKJMU]

Obama, Reid, Biden on the nuclear option 2005:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjdbjrXiobQ[/youtube]

Stunning hypocrisy!!

[bluehenbillk]

As usual, both parties are to blame....again.

[AZGrizFan]

Obama, Reid, Biden on the nuclear option 2005:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjdbjrXiobQ[/youtube]

Stunning hypocrisy!!

Absolutely Stunning. A U.S. Senator felt ONE way while a member of the minority party, and a DIFFERENT way while a member of the majority party. I'm shocked....just shocked, I say.

[kalm]

Not at all - it is very clear that the GOP policy from day one of the Obama administration has been to obstruct, obstruct and obstruct.

This was a stated goal of the GOP.

Take off your "non-partisan" blinders to see the reality of the situation.

And the Democratic announced strategy for Bush's second term was exactly the same - obstruct, obstruct, obstruct. If you honestly think they both don't do it and that the Dems wouldn't outsidtance the GOP doing this if they became the minority you are not only wearing blinders, your eyes are closed too.

Yes both are bad, but I don't recall the Dems publicly announcing their strategy as ensuring Bush didn't get re-elected like McConnell did.

Regarding the filibuster stat, I'm sure you're right regarding back door deals and such but that doesn't make Jon's stat bogus either.

One side can be worse than another when it comes to these type of things. Or, depending on your point of view, one side can be better. The Republicans appear to be much better at unity and less inclined to compromise. This should make conks such as yourself…happy.

[ASUMountaineer]

As usual, both parties are to blame....again.

And yet, sheeple like Dback think it's one-sided.

I pray I'm alive to see a post-partisan America. Unfortunately, that day won't come until the country is ruined and having to rebuild herself.

[YoUDeeMan]

Not at all - it is very clear that the GOP policy from day one of the Obama administration has been to obstruct, obstruct and obstruct.

This was a stated goal of the GOP.

Take off your "non-partisan" blinders to see the reality of the situation.

Nah, you just like anal rape.

Right now, instead of working towards compromise, the Dems have just raped the process of protecting minorities. "We are more numerous...therefor you will have no say, no rights, and will succumb to our whims. You are not like us, so we will give you no say in our politics or rules of law."

That should be a very familiar position for you, from the other side. However, now you are the rapist and taker of rights by majority opinion, instead of the rape victim.

Congrats...you should be so proud of your fellow tolerant Dem Senators.