Some of you Massachusetts experts will have to inform me of Ed Markey's capabilities to defeat Scott Brown. I don't think any of us directly addressed the Kerry nomination. One of Obama's many weaknesses is his belief that leading elected politicians are the primary proving...
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Bernstein on filibuster gamesmanship: A broader point: if Democrats believe that Republicans will inevitably turn the Senate into a majority party rules institution as soon as they get the majority,.
Awesome: John McCain and Joe Lieberman have been intertwined a lot over the last few years and here's another place where they share company- they are two of the three.
Um... no. That kept Lieberman in the fold, and after Arlen Specter switched parties and Al Franken won his election, gave Democrats the 60 votes they needed to break a Republican filibuster against health-care reform. Lieberman's behavior during the debate was often erratic and seemingly...
Normally, my opposition to the continued existence of the U.S. Senate concentrates on how it hilariously distorts representation at the Federal level. Now, TPM has a decent overview of the twisted.