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Home Front: Politix

Reid prepares Senate to go 'nuclear,' end nomination filibusters

2013-07-12

[WASHINGTONTIMES] Senate Majority Leader

Harry Reid
... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ...
laid the groundwork Thursday morning for going "nuclear" and changing the Senate's rules to end filibusters of executive branch nominees, saying that he's changed his mind since the beginning of this year.

Mr. Reid began the year pledging not to use the so-called "nuclear option" to change the chamber's rules as part of an agreement with his Republican counterpart, Sen. Mitch McConnell. But on Thursday Mr. Reid said Mr. McConnell had broken his end of the agreement, which dissolves the bargain.

"A deal is a deal, a contract is a contract, an arrangement is an arrangement , a bargain is a bargain, as long as each party to such an agreement holds up his end of the bargain," Mr. Reid said in a floor speech Thursday morning.

"I refuse to unilaterally surrender my right to respond to this breach of faith," the Nevada Democrat said.

Posted by:Fred

#8 As per the anti-US Globalist premise of a "MultiPolar World", where the future OWG-NWO that no one voted for nor has been asked to is led by several par Nuclear "Co-Superpowers/
Leaders" at the #1 spot, the White House = USA has to look PCorrect good for when OWG USoAmerika has to unilaterally deliberately surrender circa 1/2 of the Pacific or more to World Co-#1 Rising China while hoping mainstream Amerikans don't het mad or care, + widout anyone [espec Caliphate-happy Nuclear Jihadis] interpreting it as de facto US "weakness".

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG!

* DAILY STAR.LB > US [Obama's]FOREIGN POLICY: LOFTY SPEECHES, FEW FEATS.

Proudly Politically-Legally Deniably surrendering like France since 2013.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > WHY DOESN'T THE US PENTAGON TELL US WHO OUR ENEMIES ARE?

Because thats mainly the job of Elected Political Leaders, i.e. POTUS Bammer + GOP-DEM, etal. Capitolcritters.

You know, the "Representative" in
"Representative Democracy" whom in contemporary times believe it means being elected or re-electd to perennially + pervasively hide things from the Amer Voters = Amer People???

[EX-MILWAUKEE BRIGADE MICHELLE "THE US IS A MAFIA STATE" BACHMANN here].

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-07-12 22:45

#7 So when the rest of the nation forces the Nuclear Waste Depository in Nevada into an operational status Reid will understand that it is just politics going Nuclear?

Posted by: 3dc 2013-07-12 22:12

#6 The Donks will want to go nuclear and end nomination filibusters until they are the minority party in the Senate (which hopefully will be soon).

Posted by: JohnQC 2013-07-12 11:47

#5 Reid isn't known for his even temper or statesman-like approach to governance. The petulant bitch analogy comes much closer to the truth.

Posted by: Iblis 2013-07-12 10:51

#4 Proc - I think that Reid (spit!) feels that even if the Opposition gets the Senate again, they would never use it - instead working to 'play along' as they always have - so it doesn't matter.

And he is probably right.

Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-07-12 09:54

#3 the Nancy Pelosi of the Senate. A petulant bitch with no morals or ethics

Posted by: Frank G 2013-07-12 08:26

#2 Does Reid know that the gig is about up. You wouldn't want to do this because someday the opposition could get power again and play the same game. That's of course in the manner of 'free elections'. In a system in which such rituals are suspended, you don't have to worry about any opposition doing to you what you do to him in the future.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-07-12 08:01

#1 "The manager of the Washington Mets ought to be able to field the lineup he wants" (paraphrase)

Posted by: Glenmore 2013-07-12 07:56

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