Comments on: This and That http://theobamadiary.com/2013/02/13/this-and-that-56/ President Barack Obama ... photos, videos & a word or two Sun, 19 May 2013 19:36:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 57andfemale http://theobamadiary.com/2013/02/13/this-and-that-56/#comment-647828 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:26:16 +0000 http://theobamadiary.com/?p=106793#comment-647828 I may have been wrong about that. I was thinking of Durbin saying that they had the votes and then the Senate leadership got angry at Merkeley for leaking the names of the hesitant Dem’s. I thought I had heard that Boxer was definitely on board, but she did ultimately vote against the weakened bill. A lot of the reporting afterwards (such as it is and we have to question the reliability) was that the leadership and the questionable Dem’s were more concerned about Merkeley’s ‘betrayal’ than they were about filibuster reform.

No matter what, it was down to getting one of two Senators on board for real reform if Harry Reid had actually wanted it (which he now says he never intended — just procedural stuff but nothing that ends the abuse). I cannot believe that Barbara Boxer or Diane Feinstein would have been the one senator to have killed filibuster reform, if Harry Reid had fought for their votes.

]]> By: 57andfemale http://theobamadiary.com/2013/02/13/this-and-that-56/#comment-647827 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:20:25 +0000 http://theobamadiary.com/?p=106793#comment-647827 I admit my mistake. They did vote against even the watered-down version. But I cannot believe that if Harry Reid had wanted their votes he couldn’t have gotten them, particularly Boxer. Certainly leading up to the vote, Durbin flat out said that they had the votes for the stronger Merkeley version.

Harry Reid (and others) were very annoyed that Merkeley leaked the names of the hesitant Dem’s. Harry was out to punish Merkeley for that instead of really reforming the filibuster. It is now obvious, however, that Harry never intended on the filibuster reform that he led us to believe was in the works.

]]> By: nathkatun7 http://theobamadiary.com/2013/02/13/this-and-that-56/#comment-647808 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:46:18 +0000 http://theobamadiary.com/?p=106793#comment-647808 I am glad I am not alone in seeing what’s going on here. This also explains to me the unprecedented obstruction currently taking place in Congress.

]]> By: yardarm756 http://theobamadiary.com/2013/02/13/this-and-that-56/#comment-647783 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:01:36 +0000 http://theobamadiary.com/?p=106793#comment-647783 You best believe it my friend.

]]> By: nathkatun7 http://theobamadiary.com/2013/02/13/this-and-that-56/#comment-647779 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:50:59 +0000 http://theobamadiary.com/?p=106793#comment-647779 I am absolutely convinced that some of these people want to see a violent uprising because the country made a mistake of twice electing a non-white person that they can’t control and order around.

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