Senate Dems Go Nuclear

[A Theist]

Senate Dems voted along party lines to scale back the filibuster option....

It was striking that Obama (who spoke in favor of the filibuster as a senator) came out into the briefing room to praise the move by Harry Reid and beat up on the Republicans for “repeated abuse of these tactics” (though he allowed that “neither party has been blameless for these tactics”)...Mitch McConnell’s reaction to the “power grab” was to say “you’ll regret this,” and he’s right—the Dems will look at the change very differently if they lose control of the Senate in 2014 or beyond.

...The Republicans also attempted the "Nuclear Option", (but failed), when they had control of the Senate...I was against the move then as well. While on the surface, this may seem to be a short term victory for Barack and the dems after the pummeling they're taking over Barack Ocare, but this is going to come back and bite them in the ass when Republicans retake the Senate.


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/11/...er-battle/