Huge long shot, but knowing our guys would have a whole lot more power could be a big blue motivator. Would it motivate Trumpanzees? Have they ever heard of a Filibuster? Most would think it sounds like the name of a burger joint.

....because the Dems will play nice, and try to restore order, rule, and civility. Both because they want the gatekeepers of decorum and civility in the beltway media to love them and say nice things about them, and they like the cover of not having to actually pass things that aren't watered down or completely neutered. It's the one thing in DC that is bipartisan. Having the fillibuster prevents either side from ever actually doing anything bold or truly brave.

New ballgame.

I'd like you to be right. But every time I think we have a crop of "new Dems" they end up disappointingly getting assimilated into the old guards of safe, cautious, cowardly, and capitulating Dems who are more concerned with having the NYT and Washington Post Editorial staff say nice things about them than they are with anything else.

As I've been saying anytime my cynicism is questioned over the past 25 or so years.....I'll be ecstatic to be proven wrong. I rarely have been.

trump still has the power of veto so unless we have supermajority to override his veto, the nuclear option doesnt help us. They can do a lot of damage in the meantime. Also, they can probably revert back before the end of the year depending on the election results.

any concept of pluralism, compromise, policy-making, diversity are all obstructions to his dominance in his mind. He trashes anything that stands in his way. Americans have to figure this out, in numbers, before they know what to do about it.

Making his excuses in advance.

'rump the loser, "deal maker" my ass.

Between two kids fighting over a Barbie doll.

how the hell are they going to obstruct everything the next time the dems have 52 seats?


no, they konw better. they know if they change it the dems are going to steamroll bill after bill through next time the gop is in the minority

sure there is no next time Democrats have 52 seats. That's what will happen if they get rid of the filibuster now.

Then make it first priority to make the children all be returned to their parents, cost be dammed, trump be dammed. Not doing this is harming these children from Congresses inaction because trump still wants to hurt children, and this is hurting the GOP in Congress even more if they refuse. No excuse they can't do this before anything else, protect these children, get them back while they still can.

and fuck Twitter too

There is no need to do everything yourself and not get anything of what you want.

Was that a run-on sentence, or what?...whew.

he hasn't read either one. When does the comic book version come out?