Sunday, January 24, 2021

QOTD -- Kill The Filibuster Or Kill Your Agenda

 

"I think that the simple fact of the matter is that even if President Biden tries to secure bipartisan cooperation with Republicans, it's simply not going to be forthcoming to the extent that he needs it to be. And that is going to force the question of whether Democrats simply want to give up on their agenda or reform the Senate so that they can pass bills on a majority basis." -- Adam Jentleson, in an interview on NPR discussing his book, "Kill Switch," about the misuse of the filibuster and its racist origins.  Jentleson should know what he's talking about;  he's a former aide to Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate Majority Leader from January 2007- January 2015.  The entire transcript is worth a read to better understand why we can't allow the continuation of minority rule by the seditionist Republican Party. 

 

2 comments:

Frank Wilhoit said...

You don't understand modern politics. Rule #2 of modern politics is that problems are not to solve, but to exploit. Leave them in place, make them worse, use them to cast blame and raise money.

(Rule #1 of modern politics is that nothing may ever be called by its right name.)

W. Hackwhacker said...

Frank -- thanks, we'll remember that!! ;-)