[Political Junkie Too]

Is that what our politics has been reduced to, just the threat of a filibuster and we all behave as if the filibuster actually happened? And not even the threat of a filibuster, just the possibility of a filibuster and they behave as if it already happened!

This cannot be allowed. They talk about Ashcroft trampling on civil rights -- this is nothing short of a coup de etat. Throw out the Constitution and representation and let one man decide the rules.

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

I say, let the filibuster happen and let the chips fall where they may.

The Constitution meant for filibusters to be a last-resort tactic if a bill was so odious that enough people would gum up the process in order to stop it. This is constitutional representation at work. If a Senator was willing to publicly represent his constituents by filibustering, then he must be extremely serious in his opposition to the bill under consideration.

To say that a possible filibuster is enough reason to stop a bill (as if the filibuster were a done deal), is to rewrite the Constitution. The process is the have the filibuster and then overcome the filibuster, not deny the bill its floor vote because of a possible filibuster that may or may not even happen.

-PJ