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newshoggers.com - 2/15/2009

Careful What You Wish For

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By BJ It is not only beauty that lies in the eye of the beholder, but also the utility of certain institutions. Steve Benen , Kevin Drum , and Matt Yglesias are looking to do away with the filibuster and the related requirement that the Dems need 60 votes in the Senate to pass major ...

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End the Filibuster? Careful What You Wish For!
The Moderate Voice — ... I could go into a long diatribe on this, but instead we’ll just let BJ at Newshoggers provide a much needed dose of reality, filed under “Be careful what you wish for.” The quote in question comes from Benen’s own comments section. ...

The debate over filibuster reform
Political Animal — ... Democrats, "Be careful what you wish for." Listen, Democrats... you didn't like it when the GOP was running the table on you, stopping all of your agenda and building audition tapes for Legislators Gone Wild . If you didn't have the filibuster, what judges would be sitting on all the courts right now? What other legislation would be in place? [...] Be calm. Take a deep breath.... If you get too greedy now, you're going to regret it down the road, and likely sooner than later. BJ at Newshoggers says the status quo is "clearly problematic," but adds that Democrats should ...

Targeting the filibuster again
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... : TIME TO REFORM THE FILIBUSTER…. One of the striking aspects of the political process on the Hill is how quickly everyone has adapted to a once-rare tactic becoming routine. Senate filibusters used to be exceedingly rare — a dramatic challenge only to be used under extraordinary circumstances. Only recently has the political world accepted, without so much as a discussion, the notion that literally every key measure must enjoy a 60-vote majority if it hopes to become law. BJ at Newshoggers calls Benen a hypocrite, though, for his majority-era conversion to filibuster reform: ...