Democrats Retake Lead in Congressional Ballot..

[pbrauer]

Originally Posted by sanrene

Of course you can't list them because there aren't any to list.

Actual filibusters No, Threats a ton of them.

What's particularly striking here is the GOP's use of filibuster threats, and the correlated increase in Democratic cloture motions. Take, for instance, the huge spike in cloture motions filed from the Republican-led 109th Congress in 2005-2006 to the Democratic-majority 110th in 2007-2008.

"It is the most striking in history," American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Norm Ornstein told TPM.

What happened, Ornstein says, is that during the last two years of President George W. Bush's second term, Republicans offered "no initiatives to speak of."

The initiatives were coming from the Democrats, and the Republicans wanted to kill 'em, or slow things down.

Republican filibuster threats, Ornstein said, were "like throwing molasses in the road."

Even the conservative AEI agrees.

[sanrene]

Originally Posted by pbrauer

Actual filibusters No, Threats a ton of them.

And the dems are so weak they won't/can't call the bluff?

So....your list of filibusters is a ....bust?

[Smash255]

Originally Posted by sanrene

And the dems are so weak they won't/can't call the bluff?

So....your list of filibusters is a ....bust?

If you ask most Democrats, what is their biggest criticism of Reid, this would be it. He should have forced the GOP to filibuster each and every time instead of letting them threaten it or say they will filibuster.

[pbrauer]

Originally Posted by Smash255

If you ask most Democrats, what is their biggest criticism of Reid, this would be it. He should have forced the GOP to filibuster each and every time instead of letting them threaten it or say they will filibuster.

Exactly!!! Get out the telephone bookis...