[Lurkinanloomin]

From his handling of the DHS funding bill sent over from the House, it seems like Reid is still in charge.

[norwaypinesavage]

Reid would never have allowed the bill on the floor. McConnell has. It has forced Democrats to commit to a filibuster, giving their Republican opponents in the next election ammunition to campaign against them. Don’t you get your news from anywhere but the DU?

[fifedom]

From his handling of the DHS funding bill sent over from the House, it seems like Reid is still in charge.

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Why do you say that? The Founders deliberately set up the Senate to make it hard to pass bills. In their wisdom, they realized that slowing down the process allows the heat of the moment to pass so that people can think about what they are doing.

The only way McConnell could get this past a RAT filibuster is to invoke the nuclear option and get rid of the filibuster altogether. I think that would be as dangerous as having Obama run roughshod over the constitution.

The RATS think that they will not have to pay at the ballot next election for their obstruction and that remains to be seen.

I also do not trust McConnell and he might maneuver to put more pressure on them but there is no smoking gun to prove that he is colluding with the RATS. AFAIK he is getting the Pubbies to vote with him and on that he is doing his job. If the cloture vote were closer, I think there is a good chance that one or more of the pro-Amnesty Pubbie members of the gang of 8, Rubio, McCain, Flake, and Twinkle-toes Graham would vote with the RATS.