[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

The Seante goes to 55 Republicans, enough to break filibusters.

Not only is 60 the number (not 55) but you forget the RINO factor..

The RINOs are not "moderate Republicans". They are socialists.

Lincoln Chafee? You honestly count him as a "Republican"?

The liberals control the Senate. The Republicans control the battle of the "letter"--"R" is bigger than "D".

But face this fact. The LIBERALS control the Senate. The Democrats + Jeffords + the Chafee type Marxists in the Republican Party gives the Senate majority to the liberals.

[XJarhead]

You'd need 6 Rinos to deprive the Republicans of the 50 votes necessary to suspend the filibuster. The upshot is that the Republicans won't be able to suspend the filibuster right away. But if the Dems get too obstructionist, then the leadership will be able to get its 50 votes. I think the Dems will back off before that point.

"Red Nation" is rising, but damn, that almost sounds like something Gus Hall might have applauded.