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J. J.
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« on: May 24, 2007, 08:59:41 PM »
Quote from: bullmoose88 on May 24, 2007, 08:14:14 PM

My question is this, assuming the Dems can pass a JR (and get past a filabuster in the senate)...how do you think public opinion would take to them being impotent as to being able to actually get a veto override and the troops home?



I'm going to be blunt on this point.  51 Senators, after a great deal of fuss, can end a the filibuster without violating the rules; it involved fatiguing your opponents.  Neither party wants to.  It would have been easier in 2005.
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J. J.
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« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2007, 10:10:01 PM »
Quote from: bullmoose88 on May 24, 2007, 09:02:02 PM
Quote from: Eugen Cardinal von Frick, OP (J. J.) on May 24, 2007, 08:59:41 PM
Quote from: bullmoose88 on May 24, 2007, 08:14:14 PM

My question is this, assuming the Dems can pass a JR (and get past a filabuster in the senate)...how do you think public opinion would take to them being impotent as to being able to actually get a veto override and the troops home?



I'm going to be blunt on this point.  51 Senators, after a great deal of fuss, can end a the filibuster without violating the rules; it involved fatiguing your opponents.  Neither party wants to.  It would have been easier in 2005.

Oh the nuclear option. Would the democrats who joined the gang of 14 turn around and do that? if push came to shove?


No, the neutron bomb option.  The minority party has to keep more than 1/3 the majority in the chamber at all times.  They will eventually tire (after a few months).

Nobody has the will to do it.
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