It ought to be emphasized that, whatever rules the Democrats might be trying to get around in this Congress, are rules that they themselves adopted for themselves last year in January.

I wrote about the nuclear option here. The other thing about 2010 is that, even if the Democrats retain a majority in the Senate and try to change the rules then to use the nuclear option, they are quite likely to have lost the House at the same time. So passing legislation may not be all that easy for them at that point, despite the use of the nuclear option.

Which is exactly why we need to vote all of them out of office.

“I was answering the question of “what’s to stop the Democrats from ‘reconciling’ or ‘deeming’ all future legislation?,” and my answer is “forty-one Republicans sticking together–if they can stick together.””

If the 41 Senate Republicans use the filibuster and do stick together and hang tough before the Nov. mid-terms…

The Democrats could eliminate Senate filibusters – by changing Senate rules, using the ‘nuclear option’. As only 51 votes are required to change Senate rules to eliminate the filibuster or any other Senate ‘rule’ they don’t like.

It’s known as the “nuclear option” because it effectively eliminates any input from the minority to affect legislation. It effectively disenfranchises the minority.

But using the nuclear option, before the midterms to jam more unpopular legislation down our throats is really risky.

If a political war erupts over democrat’s tactics, they’re going to need that filibuster to keep us from sending out the subpoenas, getting people Mirandized and under oath and then going to jail for the corruption used to pass this Health Care abortion.

They know they’re about to be in the minority … so unless they truly are ‘pulling an Artfldgr’ they need to keep the filibuster viable as a threat against the Republicans.

It’s their choice, they can eliminate the filibuster any time they want to.

If they do not, when next they run for reelection, the public will not have forgotten nor forgiven and, in the next primary election, the party will not support them.

In the coming mid-terms, there are 3 Senate incumbents considered RINO’s; McCain, Murkowski and Bennett.

If the Dems use the Slaughter Rule…it’s war and no Republican will dare join the Dems on anything. Which is what Graham was alluding to when he warned Obama that if the Slaughter Rule is used to pass ObamaCare, immigration reform is dead.

“when you’ve got nothing, you’ve got nothing to lose.”

“You’re invisible now, you’ve got no secrets to conceal”

/sorry, couldn’t help it

It is indeed a very big “if.” I am disturbed especially by Lindsey Graham and Gitmo and amnesty lately, although at least we’ve not heard a peep from Snowe and Collins in terms of breaking ranks on HCR. However, although I don’t trust any of them as far as I can throw them, I was answering the question of “what’s to stop the Democrats from ‘reconciling’ or ‘deeming’ all future legislation?,” and my answer is “forty-one Republicans sticking together—if they can stick together.”

November may change things considerably, but I was reminded of the mindless nature of the opposition the other night on Fox when a liberal female pundit, confronted with the fact that the USA is broke, said that when the earthquake in Haiti occurred, we just “got out the checkbook,” and therefore we can just get out the checkbook to pass Obamacare and every other leftist wish. They really do believe that there is an unlimited pile of cash somewhere and it’s only evil Republicans keeping them from accessing it.