Surprise, Surprise: Senate Dems punk'd on Filibuster reform

by: Zappatero

Fri Mar 04, 2011 at 11:46:25 AM MST

• Do not negotiate with those who can't agree on even the most basic assumptions about a discussion.
• Do not negotiate with those who don't have the slightest intention of negotiating in good faith.
• And finally, never believe anything any Lying Congressional Republican says in any way, shape, or form:

Just over one month ago, the Senate largely abandoned a plan to ambitiously reform the Senate rules after the GOP agreed to a "handshake deal" which would curb the unprecedented spike in filibusters since the GOP lost control of the Senate. Rather than uphold their side of the bargain, eight Republican senators have now promised to take their obstructionism to unprecedented heights by threatening to place a hold on any bill which does not comply with five very broad criteria that constitute a particularly aggressive assault on the Senate's ability to function.

Senate Democrats have failed us once again.

Those like Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, who continue to have the mistaken impression that Republicans want to do anything productive for our country, even as all evidence points to the exact opposite conclusion, are derelict in their duty as our representatives and have once again failed to display even the slightest bit of principle when dealing with the most despicable group of lying, hateful and ignorant politicians this nation has known: the Modern Republican/Tea Party.