Oh wait. The Democrats already did that when they had the Senate.
Nevermind.
“But Senate Republicans are openly skeptical about making a rules change they believe could come back to bite them, when they are inevitably back in the minority”
Oh, you mean like the last time the Democrats were the leaders?
Friggin panty waste excuse for Leaders.
Don’t ask Mitch “The Turtle” McConnell to actually fight for the changes President Trump has promised his voters. He will hide behind the 60 vote excuse to block change, even though Harry Reid demolished that out-dated rule. The Trump voters in KY must put some real pressure on this old relic of the GOPe or President Trump’s agenda will be DOA.
Oh wait. The Democrats already did that when they had the Senate.
Nevermind.
Wimps! Harry Reid did just that when he was in control, changed the rules.
You can count on some resistance from behind by certain RINO’s in the Senate.
Earth to Repulsicans: Nuke or be nuked.
Good grief, you gutless buttholes, can you ever learn?
You are dealing with scum.
Treat them like it.
They don’t want to nuke it so They can play games. With the 60 vote threshold then every republican will vote the conservative position. With a 50 vote threshold they will be smoked out like the dirty rats they are when they vote to destroy conservative apppintments. Calling john mccain.... calling lindsey graham. The thing is that the republican base now know how they have been played for fools
It’s more important that Dems are afraid of appearing obstructionist, so they will avoid giving cause for the fillibuster to be removed.
But the media has a ‘narrative’ to blame Republicans LOL!
It would be good to return the fillibuster to it’s original form- an actual, stand-up fillibuster.
The commie ‘RATS would nuke it in a heartbeat.
I don’t trust GOP senators.
The Dems nuked a lot of filibuster actions - if the Repubs don’t, then the Dems will if they ever regain power....they’re just demonstrating why they have earned the disdain of the constituents they never fight for.
Time to find out who’s been having pizza in DC.
For crying out loud, at least PRETEND to fight! He's still defending "the world's greatest deliberative body" nonsense.
"...when you try to cram things down people's throats in a partisan way they don’t last."
Did I somehow miss the repeal of Obamacare?
GO NUCLEAR FROM THE START GOP.THINK HARRY REED, NANCY PEILOSI AND SEE RED...THEY ARE THE CAUSE OF TRUMP, NEVER FORGET IT.
It’s not nuclear, it’s the Dingy Harry Rule.
Goose. Gander.
“If you gut the legislative filibuster, you are stopping conservatives from being able to fight for limited government,” he added in a recent op-ed.
That would be just fine if conservatives ever fought for limited government. Just when Trump gets in office, conservatives fighting limited government suddenly morphs into Republicans refusing to fight Democrats.
Trump fought the whole world and won, now he has to take on Republicans.
Can’t wait for McConnell to meet the wrath of Trump’s Twitter feed
Because the DC political class has no spine....Mitch in particularly has no berries or twig. He is a eunuch
McConnel is a wimp. Harry Reid effectively nuked the filibuster and when McConnel had the chance to keep Reid’s new rules he wimped out. In politics the Dims wage war and the GOP wimps out.
Consider the source. The Hill?
I think we’ll continued to be barraged with articles like this that have one goal; to disillusion us.
Now. us Deplorables don’t give a rat’s ass what the opinion whores and media scum think.
I think the climate is going to change dramatically in the Senate. Not because of, but despite McConnell. Imagine any GOP Senator stating he was afraid to play hardball with the demonrats after the kind of campaign Trump waged?