tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post6437855955879837859..comments2024-03-02T09:41:35.809-08:00Comments on Donkeylicious - A Blog by Neil Sinhababu and Nicholas Beaudrot: The Best Senator Keeps Getting BetterNeil Sinhababuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-34384963795804953612012-12-28T15:37:37.084-08:002012-12-28T15:37:37.084-08:00I think it's going to be incredibly difficult ...I think it's going to be incredibly difficult to find even five senators up for some endless tag-team talking, given the nature of how Senators operate these days. Once the majority exhausts a small minority's willingness to run their mouths a couple of times, that will be it.<br /><br />I do think maybe it ought to be coupled with the Franken proposal to require the filibustering side to round up 40 votes. That way the burden is really quite clearly on the objecting side in order to keep things going.Nick Beaudrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794690208464883973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-34760766894437209302012-12-15T04:00:05.189-08:002012-12-15T04:00:05.189-08:00As a fellow Jeff Merkley fan, I'd love it if h...As a fellow Jeff Merkley fan, I'd love it if his proposal were actually getting rid of the 60-vote Senate. But I don't see that it is. <br /><br />It looks more to me like any bill can be blocked by a 41-Senator minority including, say, 5 Senators who are up for some endless tag-team talking. That's how I read Dylan's chart, anyway. Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.com