Autographedcat Commented on Alaska Finds More Uncounted Ballots by astral66

2008-11-11T20:43:11Z

The filibuster wouldn't quite such a show-stopping tool if the Dems would just look 'em right in the eye and say "Ok, go filibuster, then."

If they want to hold things up, by God make them go and do it, rather than just taking it as read that they will filibuster and sidelining things.

Autographedcat Commented on Warning: there is a lot of "No, we won't" out there by Craig Gurian

2008-11-07T20:15:21Z

On the contrary, I have argued that Democrats should not give up where they fail to achieve the 60 votes needed for cloture, but should instead challenge Republican "dead-enders" to follow through on full-blown filibuster.

Yes, this. It's extremely frustrating that the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to derail things. If they feel strongly enough about it to stand up there and talk for hours, let them. Don't just assume that they will talk until you cave, make them talk until you cave. And be sure to grab the good bits from CSPAN and paper them all over YouTube.

Make them pick their battles.

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Autographedcat Commented on Alaska Finds More Uncounted Ballots by astral66

Autographedcat Commented on Warning: there is a lot of "No, we won't" out there by Craig Gurian