I followed Capitol Hill’s sneaky little tricks
since the Dems took control in 2006 too Samson.
The reason i once again voted Nader.
For all those that still believe there is some sort
of political fix…remember that in 1968 this
country was in massive political LIBERAL demonstration.
NIXON WON HANDILY

same in 1972,  McGovern hardly got a vote.

The filibuster has been around for most of the history of the country.  So, naturally, strategies on how to deal with it have also long been known.

One example is to combine the bill you want with something the other side wants.  Then they are reluctant to filibuster.  In this case, maybe health care gets combined with the pork-heavy Homeland Security bill.  The “Health and Homeland Security Act of 2010”.  Or, if not that, then find something else the Republicans want passed and put the two bills together into one.

What’s most important to notice is the way that Obama, Reid and the Democrats are choosing strategies that give the Republicans the maximum amount of power with the filibuster.  Obama and the Democrats are deliberately choosing to put this bill out on its own so it can be filibustered.

This is nothing new.  Reid did the same thing with the war issues in the last Congress.  He deliberately put a proposal to end the war in a separate bill so it could be easily vetoed.  This of course was after he declined to use the filibuster himself to end the wars.  Then, Reid deliberately chose a strategy that needed 66 votes to pass after declining a strategy that could have succeeded with 41 votes.

Now you see Reid, Obama and the Democrats deliberately choosing strategies that need 60 votes to pass.

To the Democrats, doing nothing, while being able to blame the Republicans, seems to be their preferred strategy.  This way, they get to tell their rich contributors that they are safe from say any real health care reform, while trying to lie to and con the voters into thinking that the Democrats actually want some sort of health care reform.

Of course, no leftist supporters of single-payer will be invited to the meeting.  Obama only talks with Republicans.