[lbo-talk] How to make the Senate a majority rule institution inone day

c b cb31450 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 22 11:19:10 PST 2010


Doug Henwood

Michael Pollak wrote:


> Because for most of what they want to do they've got 52 votes in the
> Senate. And that's probably the best they'll get.

So why didn't they scrap the filibuster? Why don't they fight with the same ardor as Republicans? Why, in short, do they appear to be such pussies, even when they have 60 votes?

^^^^^^^^ CB: Given that the Blue Dogs are really sort of Republicans, they never really have 60, do they ? Ain't that obvious ? The Blue Dogs are traitors -simple.

60 - x < 60



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list