No surprise, but it’s official. The Republican will have 54 seats in the Senate in January.
And there’s still the potential to pick up Manchin.
[Update a few minutes later]
Pork couldn’t buy Landrieu victory.
I think that people are ready for a real change.
“I think that people are ready for a real change.”
I just hope that the Senate is ready for a real change. No one has talked about it yet, so maybe it won’t happen, but I still hope that the Republican Senate will modify the rules to get rid of Harry Reid’s absurd pocket filibuster. The only kind of filibuster should be the Mr. Smith Goes to Washington type, where someone cares enough about something to stand up and speak without stopping. This has been the tradition of the Senate till very recently, and that’s how it should work. Most laws are passed by majority rule.
Most laws are passed by majority rule.
Not in the Senate. Most bills are never voted on at all; they are passed under unanimous consent.
And the “pocket filibuster” has been around since Harry Reid was lining his pockets as a Nevada gaming commissioner.
I like Glenn pulling out the Pork Busters emblem. Too many don’t know or don’t remember that before there was a TEA Party, there were Pork Busters. The idea of a limited government that’s purpose isn’t to buy votes has been around for awhile, but the recent movement started before Obama. With Republicans holding the full Congress again, it will be important to continue the effort to move them to fiscal responsibility.
The GOP Congressional leadership’s top priority at the moment seems to be passing tax extenders, adding $762 billion to the debt over the next decade. Pork is alive and well.
Being a complete partisan, you missed the point. To repeat: With Republicans holding the full Congress again, it will be important to continue the effort to move them to fiscal responsibility.
Too bad all constituents didn’t think that the purpose of their senator was to loot the treasury. However, getting money from the Feds is understandable when the people are heavily taxed. The solution is simply to limit the amount that goes to Washington. Let the states each handle the majority of taxation.
A beneficial side effect would be that state fellators will be locally managed. We wouldn’t have to listen to the self-righteous lectures of those who pretend to be championing the poor while really just wanting free stuff.
Joe Manchin plus Angus King.
Not sure that McConnell would want to pay whatever price King demanded.
It’s rather astonishing that Bill Cassidy spent only $11.8 million on his campaign, while Landrieu spent $17.8 million plus more than $220.7 million in taxpayer money!
Maybe there’s a connection… Oh, yes, it was as the President said: he heard the voices of those who didn’t vote, and they obviously are not getting enough big government, and were too disheartened by it to vote.