re: #740 Stonemason

But I don’t see why. The phrases ‘the party of no’, and ‘obstructionist’ being bandied about by not only President Obama but also those in the press that carry his water surely are enough to know who is to blame for everything that is going on? Heck, with what has been said here tonight, it seems that the press has done a fine job of making it seem as if the Democrats have almost never filibustered and for sure never did between 1996 and 2006.

I believe that we should bring back the talking filibuster because once we’ve got it back, then there won’t be any of these “phantom filibusters” where bringing up the idea is enough to get it dropped unless there are 60 votes for cloture.

If you’re going to mess with majority rule you should have to pay some kind of price for it, even if its just standing up on the floor of the senate and reading the phone book….