The Dems are desperate enough to do anything to stop McConnell’s call to vote NOW on Obama’s bill, just as the Prez has been demanding.

the republicans will never use this maneuver – in the name of bi-partisanship, of course. Graham/Mccain/Snow/Lugar/Cornyn would never allow it, I mean, what would the media say about such an awful thing?

so I am starting a grassroots movement that will involve every conservative in the state of Nevada or anyone who is close to the state or who come close to the state to take a crap somewhere discreet but with no toilet. That way the state of Nevada can get a taste of what they did to the whole country when they allowed this POS to crap on the whole nation.

They threw a bunch of Bush Judicial nominees under the bus because they didn’t want to upset the “Comity” of the upper chamber and conservatives took one in the rear because of it….and here we are a few years later…and Reid pulls the trigger….no hesitation…no consideration for the comity for the upper chamber and without regard for his “Friend” the distinguished Senior from Arizona…and somehow conservatives are finding it hard to sit down yet again…

Funny how this works isn’t it…no matter what…we take it from behind without so much as a kiss on the cheek…and the clowns we put in leadership continue with the charade that there is comity, bipartisanship and general good will in the Senate as if the Democrats are not our mortal enemies who represent the death of this great country and everything we hold dear.

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

Anyone out there?

From RollCall tonight:

“Look, let’s don’t change this place,” McConnell said on the floor. “America doesn’t need less debate. It needs more debate. … I think we made a big mistake tonight. And as soon as we all kind of cool off and think about it over the weekend, I hope we’ll undo what we did tonight because it’s not in the best interest of this institution or the American people.”

But McConnell said the price of being in the majority is having to take bad votes, adding that the fundamental problem with the Senate is that Democrats aren’t willing to do so.

someone, tell me this guy wouldn’t become the first America dictator if he could.

Screw the filibuster. Now we can fix what ails us with 51 votes. Surely this gazing at trees and not seeing the forest will end before 2013.

This is, admittedly, inside baseball stuff for non-political junkies…i.e., most of the American electorate. If you don’t follow politics closely, it’s easy to misunderstand what Reid just did.

More to the point, it’s easy for someone to deliberately befuddle you on matters like this.

Expect the MSM, which writ large is committed to the success of Democratic politics, to ignore this story. If they’re forced to cover it, expect them to make it sound like (a) irrelevant inside-baseball stuff or (b) just another example of politicians of BOTH parties behaving like spoiled brats.

Reid certainly expects this. He expects his MSM allies to blow the smoke he needs to slink away on this one. If I were Reid, I’d expect it too.

If the “respectable” MSM organs cover for Reid on this one, we can take it as even more proof that they’ve abandoned any real desire to be nonpartisan.

its killing this country. We are living in the crisis now and we must kill ObamaCare before its fingers wrap themselves around more and more would-be dependant victims.

For now, let’s get Romney on the record!

the democrat party will take at least 20 years to recover from the Nov 2012 elections. Americans do not like the obamacrat LIARS, Cheaters and Liars.

I just can’t help myself.

Hey, spiral: Neener neener neener. I told you so: our restraint in 2005 in no way prevents the Dems from using the nuclear option if they feel it is to their (short term) advantage. They WILL do it, and no gang of fourteen will stop them.

And now they have. And there are 15 months until the 112th Congress draws to a close.

what anybody thinks! Unfortunately he was re-elected because here in Nevada we had a bunch of near-sighted political pundits that could not figure out how he engineered his campaign. The unions were all for him for obvious reasons and the casinos literally owed him as he was instrumental in securing re-financing.
That being said he won’t be going for re-election and for him it is all about agenda agenda agenda. His son ran for governor and lost. Now he wants to get Shelley Berkley (a Pelosi clone) in as junior senator with his son to take his place later.
Nothing is going to stop this man from using any trick or deceit he can think of to accomplish his goal. McConnel was right when he tried to get this vote to the floor on the jobs bill. Dems would have to stand up or sit down which means they were for the bill until they were against the bill. The dems need to appear united this vote would have made them do something uncomfortable by being answerable for their actions one way or the other. Reid just taking the heat and he don’t care.

That’s the MSM spin we’ll see.

Sunday morning talk show anchor, talking in a sympathetic tone Senator Reid, explain to us what forced you to take the unprecedented actions you took on Thursday night, and then, please tell us what we need to do to step back from the brink and restore civility to American politics.

Reid, talking in a saddened-but-resolved tone. Thank you, thank you. Basically, I did what I had to do…what I was FORCED to do…in order to serve the American people. When I…

Anchor: Excuse me, Senator…just so you understand…this is still a Wright-free zone here.

Reid …

He knows that the Dems will lose their majority next year. Bob Beckel said a month ago on FOX’s “The Five” that the Senate was lost for the Dems. And in 2014, the GOP will probably end up with a filabuster-proof majority ( Just looks at the list of who’s up in 2014 for the Dems..it’s worse than 2012. Many will choose to retire rather than run)

He will NOT be the minority leader ( assuming he choose to run, and he won’t. The fact that his wife is now sadly battling breast cancer will give him a valid ( and face-saving) reason not to run for leadership. Schumer will battle Durbin for the spot.

The next Senate Dem caucus will be smaller, more hard left/liberal, and meaner. It won’t be a fun place.

Reid is NOT happy with Obama. And the realization that they managed to blow the Senate, and it will likely be years before the Dems regain the majority. I think after 2012 the Senate will have 45 Dems, and I suspect that less than half of them will still be in office the next time they control the Senate.

So this is a tantrum…the equivalent of WH staffers taking the “w” keys off the keyboards after the 2000 election.

Now it is time for a Republican Senator to object to any and all of the “without further objections” and force a vote on every single thing until the Democrats go back and un-do this.

Here’s what I sent to both the Georgia Senators (not that either of them have the Stones to do it):

After Senator Reid’s despicable tactics last night, it is time to shut down the Senate.

Please object to any of the “without further objection” procedural motions until Reid restores the rules of the Senate.

we need to watch the dems for vote fraud in all upcoming elections. These marxists will do ANYTHING to stay in control. They have worked too hard and too long to get where they are today.

. . . when before the last election cycle if only to vote against Harry Reid.

You can’t keep a good totalitarian down. This incident epitomizes the truth that rules, and laws, are only as valid, as legimate as the people are willing live under them, to obey & honor them. The Soviet Union had a constitution, a lot of good it did the people.
McConnell made the point, the Senate is now not the same, the consequences of this are difficult to gauge, but in so far as they are, they are unhappy, very.

The flip side of this story is that McConnell was engaging in arcane, sketchy monkey business after an unrelated bill had received cloture. Shame on Reid, but I’m a bit embarrassed at what we were doing.

I understand that we need to stop Obama’s agenda, but it supports Obama’s narrative that we are blocking everything just to block, and stooping to lower and lower levels to accomplish that.

Plus, this particular McConnell game seems particularly petty and unessential. It’s so petty that it partially forgives Reid’s move.