Byron York over in the Washington Examiner:
…With a significantly smaller, 53-seat majority in the Senate, Democrats will no longer be able to pass contentious legislation all by themselves or with just one or two Republican votes. On the other side, Republicans, with 47 votes, will no longer have to achieve perfect unity to sustain a filibuster and stop objectionable legislation. They’ll be able to lose three, four, five, even six members of the GOP caucus and still stop a bill.
That’s why you’re hearing confidence from the likes of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and deficit hawk Sen. Tom Coburn. “There aren’t going to be any big spending bills,” Coburn told ABC recently when asked to assess prospects for legislation next year.
It’s also why you’re hearing new rumbling about what many Democrats consider the ultimate fix for the Washington-is-broken problem: eliminating the filibuster…
York goes on to note that Democrats have all got on board a rules change to make killing a filibuster a lot easier…after all, if they can’t get rid of the filibuster, it will be almost impossible to pass big spending legislation through the Senate. Also, any contentious judges or Administration nominations will be held up! The horror of horrors!
Until, that is, January of 2013…as Democrats are almost certain to lose the Senate in the 2012 election (holding 23 seats up for election, the GOP needs to win only 4 of them to gain the majority), you just watch: once back in minority status, all of a sudden the filibuster will be a sacred thing no one may tamper with lest America die!
Hypocrites – plain and simple; power-mad, corrupt, political hacks. That is all the Democrat party is made up of these days.
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