I agree, 'with great power comes great responsibility.' I understand the the use of filibuster. But if some off the wall legislation comes by where it would normally be used, they won't have the option...that is what scares me. Maybe its a good thing, maybe it isn't. and maybe 'scared' is not the best word, 'concerned' might be better.
Lacking any bi-partisan cooperation, A split White House/Congress rarely gets any useful legislation passed, so who knows. I really don't think either guy will be any worse than Bush, and if they are, we are all in a heap of shit. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is technically true, however the filibuster was not used as a > standard tactic of the minority until quite recently. It used to be > refered to as "The Nuclear Option" because it is was something that > was not really meant to be used. > > I completely agree, however, that the Democrats are going to have to > be very careful about the power that they have in the legislature. I > think it could be used to good effect. It could also do a great deal > of harm. But that's the nature of power, isn't it? > > Right now I'm in the same boat that I think a lot of American's are > in. I feel like the Republican Party has done an amazing amount of > damage to our country. I'm suspicious of the Democrats, but I do > believe that government can do some good. I'm willing to give them a > shot to try and clean up the mess and then judge them on how well they > do. > > Judah > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It hasn't happened in recent history. In fact, the last President whose > > party controlled the Senate with a filibuster-proof majority was Jimmy > > Carter. Obama is Jimmy Carter, Part Deux. Why? Because all the talk of > > bi-partisanship is bullshit. Democrats are going to ram through massive > > spending bills, raise taxes, and screw the economy in the biggest way > since > > Carter's stagflation. Democrats on the Hill are privately very worried > about > > what such a failure would do to them: > > > > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11925.html > > > > --- snip --- > > No single party has held the White House, the House and a > filibuster-proof > > majority in the Senate since the mid-1970s, when Jimmy Carter and a slew > of > > Democrats took office after Watergate. The Democrats failed to come > together > > to move on legislation to turn the economy around. In 1980, they lost the > > White House to Ronald Reagan and the Senate to the Republicans. > > > > Already, Democrats are feeling some of the pain of failed promises. They > won > > control of the House and the Senate in 2006 in large part based on > promises > > to end the war in Iraq. They haven't been able to deliver, and Congress > is > > now down to single digits in a recent public opinion poll. Democrats note > > that Republicans seem to be getting most of the blame, but there would be > no > > such luxury in a Washington controlled completely by the Democratic > Party. > > --- snip --- > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Scott wrote: > > > >> To be honest, I don't recall when the Republicans controlled the White > >> House > >> and Congress and could break a filibuster with 60 senators. > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277856 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
