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Filibuster, Party of One, Your Table is Ready
TPM Election Central — ... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may be keeping his cards close to the vest on the stimulus bill, but at least one of his conservative troops isn't shy. A reader sends in a report from Richard Shelby's (R-AL) local appearance this morning, in which he urges Senate GOP colleagues to filibuster the recovery bil. Here's how Shelby put it: ...

The prospect of a filibuster
Political Animal — THE PROSPECT OF A FILIBUSTER.... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ken.) recently said his Republican caucus would not filibuster an economic stimulus package. McConnell, alas, appears to have it backwards . U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, said he is prepared to filibuster the proposed economic stimulus bill, but fears enough Republicans will side with Senate Democrats to override any attempt to block the bill's passage. Shelby's remarks came during a county meeting Monday morning at the Wiregrass Rehabilitation Center in Dothan. The Senate is expected to ...

Shelby Hopes GOP Is Ready to Filibuster Stimulus
News — ... While Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) did not take a stand on whether the GOP would filibuster the nearly $1 trillion economic stimulus package at a press conference Monday morning, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) indicated he wanted to do so. Shelby told a local county gathering in Alabama that he was “prepared” to filibuster the package but he was afraid a few Republicans would side with the Democrats. The local Dothan (Ala.) Eagle first reported on the meeting, but it was also picked up by the liberal blog ...

Hullabaloo — ... On Monday, Shelby told an audience in Alabama that he was prepared to filibuster the stimulus bill. But, as was the case with the auto bailout, which he also threatened to filibuster, the numbers in the Senate just aren't working for him. He also might have sensed over the last 24 hours that the stimulus bill is politically popular, because he backed off the word "filibuster" in his conversation with CNBC, saying only that "I would certainly extend the debate as long as we could to get the attention of the opposite side." ...