Comments on: WashPost: Democrats in Bind http://txfx.net/2005/07/06/washpost-democrats-in-bind/ Mark Jaquith's blog about capitalism, freedom, WordPress, the web, and personal topics Wed, 02 May 2012 07:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20838 By: Mark http://txfx.net/2005/07/06/washpost-democrats-in-bind/comment-page-1/#comment-7637 Mark Thu, 07 Jul 2005 02:01:00 +0000 http://txfx.net/2005/07/06/washpost-democrats-in-bind/#comment-7637 Right... but if the Republicans play their cards right, they can make it look like they had no choice: "Hey, we had a deal, but the Democrats couldn't keep their end of the bargain." Right… but if the Republicans play their cards right, they can make it look like they had no choice: “Hey, we had a deal, but the Democrats couldn’t keep their end of the bargain.”

]]> By: Don Quixote http://txfx.net/2005/07/06/washpost-democrats-in-bind/comment-page-1/#comment-7636 Don Quixote Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:37:19 +0000 http://txfx.net/2005/07/06/washpost-democrats-in-bind/#comment-7636 <em>Democrats have no way to block a Republican-backed nominee without employing a filibuster, which takes 60 votes to stop.</em> If the Republicans have any balls, the Dems have no way to stop a Republican-backed nominee at all. If the Dems did so, the Republicans have the option to use the consitutional (i.e., nuclear) option. Democrats have no way to block a Republican-backed nominee without employing a filibuster, which takes 60 votes to stop.

If the Republicans have any balls, the Dems have no way to stop a Republican-backed nominee at all. If the Dems did so, the Republicans have the option to use the consitutional (i.e., nuclear) option.

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