10-04-2023, 12:14 PM
(10-04-2023, 12:04 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: More neutered then? It's odd that we'd criticize him for compromising to earn the spot in a thread in which he's being criticized for not compromising.
I am not criticizing him for it, just pointing out he was neutered in the role from the start and that it was only normal for the Dems to seek conditions like that to support him.
(10-04-2023, 12:06 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: But the Dems are on record as largely wanting to eliminate the filibuster. It's only Manchin and Sinema preventing them at this point. Unless they are covering for some Dems who don't want to go on record as opposing this.
They are covering for some others. There is not enough support for it even if those seats were more friendly to it. The one thing they could do is revert the filibuster back to a talking filibuster, meaning the mere threat of it wouldn't hold things up and it would require Senators to actually do the thing. Which, in all seriousness, I am in favor of. At least for legislation and SCOTUS seats.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
