This means he’s afraid he doesn’t have enough Democrat support to overcome a potential filibuster.
Time to preemptively start going after those democrats who are on the fence and whose reelection is at risk if they got too far to the left. The democrats have used the tactic of ‘divide and conquer’ effectively for years. It's time we did the same.
There are fewer than 60 Democrats in the Senate. What he's not sure of is obtaining 60 votes in favor. It was easy to get 60 votes in favor of porkulus and the omnibus spending bill, just coopt 2 of the 5 or 6 reliable left-wing GOP Senators.
Yes, and it means he will use any means avilable to him to get what he wants. He has a team lawyers and advisors that know the nooks and cranies of each law and they intend to use it to their advantage.
Gee, the Republicans should ask to use the old “power sharing agreement” dems used when they in the minority. Do you remember this? The stupid republicans agreed and it effectively dissolved their majority status? I wonder how loud the dems would laugh if Boehner would today suggest such an agreement.