[nathanbedford]

If McConnell yields power to the Democrats to filibuster GOP initiatives it will serve him perfectly. He can practice a modification of the old two-step. He will propose legislation to make the base happy while knowing that he will not have the votes to end a filibuster. Thus, he claims to the base that he is driving their agenda and he lets the establishment and Wall Street know with a wink and a nod that none of that nonsense will ever be enacted.

It is time for all good conservatives to come to the aid of the party-The Tea Party that is.

Further, it is time to abandon reform of the GOP and turn to Article V.

[Gaffer]

The ‘rules’ are not Constitutional mandate in the slightest. They were established to enable reasoned conduct of business in the Senate. Propriety, decorum, fairness, impartiality - all that.

When Reid changed the rules for his and Obama’s benefit, it was just the final symptom of a horribly diseased liberal ideology that has been allowed to fester and metastasize throughout the core of that body.

Propriety, decorum, impartiality - bipartisanship does not work when only one side participates. In that regard, the Republicans are nothing but appeasing quislings for even considering giving Democrats back any power that they consistently abused.

[freeangel]

If it was good enough for reids ego, then it’s good enough for mitchell’s.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

I don’t know about you, but I want some payback. I have had my political a$$ kicked for six years with nothing but destruction all around me. If the republicans cave in....well....

[freeangel]

releasing the report on interrogation and detention, and make clear that anything that happens abroad in response to the report is clearly her fault and Harry Reid’s.

I really wouldn’t feel badly if feinstein and reid were the targets of a terrorist attack. After all, it would be a direct consequence of the report(video/s) they released. It would be a refreshing change if those who were really responsible would have to suffer.

[LeonardFMason]

Count on the SENILE er, uh, SENIOR Senator from Arizona to make this his new cause. Not the gutting of the miltary, healthcare system, or America’s morale. No. Restoring the filibuster and strengthening Democrats will be his reason to live.

[Beagle8U]

Keeping the 50+1 to pass nominees while O’bastard is POTUS screws conservatives!

The RATS might be able to 5 RINOs to vote with them to get 51, they would have a hard time getting 60.

If we control the Senate and have a Republican POTUS after 2016, THEN we change it back to 51.

This guy hasn’t thought this one through.

[jdsteel]

I agree the Republicans should reinstate the rule in a lame duck session....right before next time the Democrats are in the Senate majority. Not until then.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

At least keep it.until the 2016 elections. It’s easy to justify.

[so_real]

I blame Palin (whom I love) for keeping John McCain in office. I blame Kentucky (which I also love) for keeping Mitch McConnell in office. The *world* would be a better place if these two liberal clowns had been retired. We DID NOT NEED THEM sniping at our backs. We have plenty of domestic enemies attacking from the fore.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

As an aside, should the restoration of the military wait until the next Republican president?

Obama is clearly incompetent as commander in chief of the armed forces. And even if there is a dire need for military action, he almost certainly will avoid making it. But if there is some wasteful and stupid use of the military that could get many of our personnel killed (like sending them to Africa to get infected with Ebola), he may very well do it.

Importantly, even if Obama wants to do something stupid, the Pentagon can say “no” if it does not have the funding to do it. In fact, they are rather skilled at holding off “for want of funds”, just when they know the assignment is stupid and dangerous.

Bottom line: restore sensible funding. But maybe not too quickly.

[Phlap]

The dumbocrats made their bed, so now they can lay in it.

[georgiarat]

This only affects nominees and judicial appointments other than Supreme Court nominees. By not restoring the filibuster to the old rules now all the Democrats will need are four RINOs voting to confirm an Obama nominee or radical judicial appointment. If we return to the old rules it will require fourteen.

Does anyone truly believe the dems can’t get four RINOs who want to be praised for being bipartisan to go along with their nominee?

[FlipWilson]

Behold the McCain wing’s laws of governing: they win, they win, we win, they win.