[paraclete]

The President inviting Repubics to dinner is a little late to the game .But perhaps he's realizing that he can do more with negotiations than "my way or the highway" .
here is Obama 2008 ......

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The president invited them to dinner, what's on the menu? Hamburger?

[tomder55]

This on a day when the government shut down over the blown prediction by meteorologist who predicted a blizzard for the Capitol. Let's call it a furlough day.

[paraclete]

Was that an over blown prediction, so you can afford a day off for bad weather while the rest of the coutry goes to hell in a hand basket, I hear these predictions are talking about inches of snow, not feet

[tomder55]

Amid furloughs, D.C. workers paid to stay home - Mar. 6, 2013

While the storm was dumping plenty of snow in other places, Washington was getting just fractions of an inch, said CNN meteorologist Sean Morris.

In fact, the National Weather Service dropped its winter storm warning for the Washington area Wednesday afternoon.

"It's just not panning out to be the storm we'd thought it would be," Morris said.

'Snowquester' doesn't pan out in DC; situation nastier in Virginia - CNN.com

[excon]

Hello again,

Harry Reid HAD the chance to get rid of the filibuster. He didn't. I don't know WHY?

If the right wing takes over the Senate, should THEY get rid of the filibuster? Then they can have their way with us.

excon

[tomder55]

No .the filibuster has survived throughout the history of the Senate because it has worked . I do prefer that they go back to the way Rand Paul conducted his .It makes for great drama
Reid did not get rid of it for the same reason that the Repubics won't .It is a valuable tool for the minority party ,and sooner or later ,both parties are in the minority .

[speechlesstx]

Amd here I thought libs were for protecting minorities.

[talaniman]

Harry protected your minority in the senate through great opposition I might add.

[speechlesstx]

Harry realized that one day he would want it back.

[talaniman]

For today, right now you have it to use as you will, so do so. No big deal both sides have used it in the past and got talked about. So what? Nothing new here although you guys have stretched it further, but we have pushed hard on other things so nothing new.

What goes around comes around, and what you keep pushing around keeps coming back around. Such is life.

[speechlesstx]

For today, right now you have it to use as you will, so do so. No big deal both sides have used it in the past and got talked about. So what? Nothing new here although you guys have stretched it further, but we have pushed hard on other things so nothing new.

What goes around comes around, and what you keep pushing around keeps coming back around. Such is life.

So in others it shouldn't bother you if Republicans obstruct since that was the core of Dem strategy under Bush, and Reid's approach to the budget. Glad we got that settled.