Why did I know opening up this thread was going to make me gag?
Don't even get me started on Arlen "mealy-mouth" Specter. But I will say this, I absolutely love Brit Hume's interviewing and questioning skills. The guy is persistent and goes right to the point without losing his cool.
Well he sure beat the bush to death. What a wasted interviewee.
And the tradition and history of the filibuster has been very important. It preserved presidential power when Andrew Johnson was impeached, and it preserved judicial power when Justice Chase was impeached back in 1805.
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Maybe it is the chemo, but the above really struck me. Of course the CONSTITUTION sets super majorities to convict an official who has been impeached. It has nothing to do with the filibuster which is merely a rule of the senate and not a constitution mandate.