>
> On big critical issues, they might pull out all
> stops.
What might those be? Approval of the new Bankruptcy Act? Renewal of the Patrtiot Act sans sunset provisions? Authorization for the Iraq war? Oops, the Dems approved all that. Or enough of them did, no consequences. What will iuy take, Natahn, for an issue to be big and critical?
But since it's not
> even that effective, it would have to be reserved
> for a big issue.
Unlike the confirmation of a right wing Supreme Court Justice who will poison the law for more than 30 years, a matter which is apparently not a big issue.
Given
> that Roberts will get confirmed no matter what,
> nuclear option if needed,
> why waste the ammo?
There was this thing called the fillibuster . . . . .
There is also the principle. If A GOP Senator or Congressmen breaks discipline even on a losing issue, Karl Rove will eat hits liver with fava beans and a nice chianti, it keeps the fuckers in line. Lyndon Johnson would have made the dissident _wish_ he'd been turned over to Hannibal Lecter. The Dems have forgotten these elementray principles of politics, leaving you in the uneviablr position of avidly defending these buckets of rancid pigshit.
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