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Amen, Amen. Thanks to the level headedness of 14 Senators. a true disaster has been avoided. This is what compromise looks like. To some that want it their way, they will be disappointed. To others who wanted to see the fight, I say this fight had no winners but all of us as losers. I also say to those that wanted a fight on this, shame on you. The Senate is divided by 2 parties, Republicans with a 55 Senator majority , representing 144 Million Americans who live in their states, and Democrats with a 45 Senator minority, representing 148 Million Americans. It doesn't get much more divided than that. Let's try to encourage working in the middle. Write to Senators, as I will, congratulating the 14 who had the courage of putting the country ahead of politics and who will certainly receive some flack from people back home who are disappointed in them.
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Writing the 14 to thank them is a damn good idea. Tomorrow on my blog (The Political Forecast I'll leave all the details to email and call these 14 Senators, 7 of whom fulfill Sen. Reid's "Profiles in Courage" requirements.
The judicial filibuster: Never before have I seen such public interest in an archane procedural rule used in government. What this shows me is that the U.S. Senate is a body that relies strongly on professional courtesy to get its work done. The rules of procedure, such as the filibuster, are easily subject to abuse. Abuse can lead to retaliation. Had the filibuster been banned, it would not have been the end of democracy in America. But the U.S. Senate, the greatest deliberative body in the world, would have become a lot less polite. And that would impoverish political discourse.
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