12-11-2021, 10:24 PM
Whether or not to end the filibuster at all constitutes a high-stakes game of chicken.
What if the Democrats somehow succeed in abolishing the filibuster within the next six months or so, only to see the Republicans obtain "trifecta control" in Washington - the White House, plus majorities in both houses of Congress - come 2025?
In that case, look for the Republicans to pursue a scorched-earth agenda, repealing every piece of progressive legislation dating all the way back to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 - and to quote Billy Jack in the movie that bears his name, there won't be one God-damn thing that the Democrats will be able to do about it.
Apparently Joe Manchin (and maybe Biden as well) seems to be the only one who is concerned about this.
What if the Democrats somehow succeed in abolishing the filibuster within the next six months or so, only to see the Republicans obtain "trifecta control" in Washington - the White House, plus majorities in both houses of Congress - come 2025?
In that case, look for the Republicans to pursue a scorched-earth agenda, repealing every piece of progressive legislation dating all the way back to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 - and to quote Billy Jack in the movie that bears his name, there won't be one God-damn thing that the Democrats will be able to do about it.
Apparently Joe Manchin (and maybe Biden as well) seems to be the only one who is concerned about this.
"These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation" - Justice David Brewer, Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 1892