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Lone_Wolf_Moderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 10:40 PM
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19. Reid and Byrd will shut the Senate down.
I know it doesn't seem likely, considering the Dems track record on bold moves like this, but I really think Reid's got a warrior streak within him. The Repubs will go nuclear, Reid will shut the Senate down, and blood will run in the streets. I fear if that happens, somehow the Dems will get blamed, and the Repubs come off looking like angels pushed too far. I have enough faith in the American public to believe that the Republican nuke will backfire, a la impeachment.

I'm hoping it doesn't even get that far, and the Repubs realize their folly. If they do this, and kill the filibuster, perhaps the Dems will do nothing, but the REpublican overreach will wake people up. Perhaps this is that overreach I've been predicted for awhile now.
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