> Big deal. Won’t help them at all. The House will stop anything they start.
Actually, this may be beneficial for Republicans. There are 20 or so Democratic Senators due for a re-election in 2012. Republicans need only 5 of those to win votes, if filibuster rules are not in effect. Also, a potential Republican majority in 2012 will not have to worry about filibusters if Democrats are helpful enough to eliminate them now.
Yes, if the Democrats prepare this meal now, they will have to eat it themselves in 2012.
My fear is that they are prepared to make this deal for the once in a lifetime chance to pack the Supreme Court with traitorous “progressives”, i.e. fascists.
The senate numbers up in ‘12 are 23 Rats and 10 GOP.
Republicans would gladly hand the filibuster back to Rats in the spirit of bipartisanship.