While the ultimate occupants of three United States Senate seats are yet to be determined in Alaska, Georgia and Minnesota, chances seem small that Democrats will increase their new majority to 60 seats — the supermajority that ensures against a successful filibuster. So the same Republicans who once complained about the use of that legislative weapon by the opposition now brandish it in warning to President-elect Barack Obama.
Nobody can doubt that the Republican remnant in the ...
Posted by: michael nola
Comment: #1
Fri Nov 14, 2008 7:57 PM
Republicans, of course, are born with no sense of shame, which goes along nicely with their sense of entitlement, which is boundless. The only question that remains is if the Obama Admin. pushes it's mandate for substantial change, will some Republicans give in so as to get their pick of the D.C. goodies, or will their inherent nature get in the way?
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