“They’re all committed to it now, because Chuck has made them take a public position. Every Democratic challenger, I’m told, running for the Senate is taking the same position,” McConnell said. “I think they fully intend to do it if they can.”
Thanks for advocating for a good reason to have democratic control of the senate
I would hope so, or at the very least go back to ye olden days of “You want a filibuster? Get your ass up there and hold the floor…”
McConnell: <awkward turtle noises>
Imagine him croaking from exhaustion because he has to actually get up there and stand for hours on end. A man can dream…
Tuning into CSPAN like people tune in to NASCAR races to see if anyone’s going to die.
He’s just do a mental freeze and his handlers will just forget to poke him every now and then.
If he freezes up too long, the filibuster fails. I would pop popcorn for that.
If it were anyone other than him, literally dropping dead in Congress because of the passion of your speech would be one of the most based things a politician could ever do.
But with Mitch you know he’d keel over arguing about how school kids don’t actually need food.
This.
I think people tend to think about doing things while they’re in control that fuck the other party, often forgetting that - at some point - power is going to flip and they’ll be the underdogs. That said, Republicans tend to abuse these procedural instruments more.
But you have the right answer: the filibuster can be useful, if it’s not easy to use and requires true dedication. Right now, it’s just a spike strip (mostly) conservatives throw down whenever they want to throw a tantrum.
It’s not enough though, we need something more, or else if the GOP ever retakes control of both houses and the presidency, it will be just as easy for them to undo the laws that get passed now.
Something more, being something like https://www.vox.com/2020/1/14/21063591/modest-proposal-to-save-american-democracy-pack-the-union-harvard-law-review