tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post7114318846824871922..comments2024-03-02T09:41:35.809-08:00Comments on Donkeylicious - A Blog by Neil Sinhababu and Nicholas Beaudrot: All Current Filibuster Reform Proposals Are SmallNeil Sinhababuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-54938976513192646842012-12-29T19:54:28.615-08:002012-12-29T19:54:28.615-08:00I'd put it this way: Every Susan Rice has a Be...I'd put it this way: Every Susan Rice has a Benghazi, and every reasonable bill can be made unacceptable to right-wingers on ludicrous grounds. Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-66720978368457664992012-12-29T19:40:59.649-08:002012-12-29T19:40:59.649-08:00I think our disagreement comes down to whether rig...I think our disagreement comes down to whether right-wing media will offer rewards to counterbalance the costs of filibustering. If they don't, your analysis is right. But if they do, Republicans will be eager to do a talking filibuster and please their base.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-36982032505831361472012-12-29T19:31:47.953-08:002012-12-29T19:31:47.953-08:00I'm not so convinced by Bernstein's argume...I'm not so convinced by Bernstein's argument that the Merkley/Udall reform would result in no change to the status quo. My argument is that right now a filibuster is cost-free for the minority. Requiring the minority to actually do something in order to maintain a filibuster means its no longer cost free. So in some set of situations where previously a filibuster could be maintained, enough people will decide that it's too much work to maintain it. Even Mitch McConnell has some things he'd like to see happen; having all floor time consumed by a filibuster would be an inconvenience to him. Yes, it would be more inconvenient to the majority, but right now the filibuster is purely inconvenient to the majority. Nick Beaudrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794690208464883973noreply@blogger.com