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March 23, 2005

Filibustering the Nuclear Option « Politics As Usual »

Interesting discussion regarding RINOs and "the Nuclear Option" over at the Q and O Blog.

I agree with one commenter, though: if filibustering is going to be an option, it should at least be required to be a true filibuster, where a person speaks for hours and yields the floor only to someone else who intends to keep speaking, and it goes on 24 hours a day because they can't recess as long as someone is filibustering and that means no business gets done at all until enough votes to break the filibuster are garnered or the speakers collapse from exhaustion. [deep breath]

This pseudo-filibustering is an affront to the Tradition of the Senate.

Posted by Nathan at 09:30 PM | Comments (1)
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Strangely enough, that's called a "traditional filibuster" while what's happening right now is called a "procedural filibuster". The nice thing is, the President of the Senate has full latitude to declare that the filibuster BECOME a traditional filibuster and therefore become subject to the rules thereof. If it were to turn into a traditional filibuster, one thought will INSTANTLY enter into the minds of every Democrat (as well as Independent and RINO) considering taking part in the filibuster, and one of two things will happen:

The Thought: Isn't this what got Daschle thrown out on his ass??

Outcome 1 (a.k.a. The Discretion is the better part of valor" Maneuver): "I like it here, I'm going to sit down and keep my hole closed."

Outcome 2 (a.k.a. The "Custer" Maneuver): "My people love me and would NEVER vote me out. Gimme the floor!"

Posted by: Len at March 24, 2005 07:32 AM
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