In article , dhomuth1
@comcast.net says...
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 22:56:10 -0400, krw wrote:

In article , dhomuth1
says...
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:15:26 -0400, krw wrote:


No. Why don't you loonie leftist liberals learn how the system
works? They need 60 votes in the Senate for cloture, which is
required to make the cuts permanent. The Rs don't have 60 votes.

Remember what happened recently, when the Ds started discussing a
filibuster, and the Rs threatened to change the rules -- the so-called
Nuclear Option at the time?

FOr a SUPREME COURT nomination. ...that is all.

The rule on filibusters is not different for a SC nomination or any
other matter.

It is. The Rs don't even know if they have enough of their own to
change the cloture rules for SCotUS nominations.

The filibuster is not law -- it exists only by rule. The Rs can (and
do) change the rules whenever they wish.

Senate rules are often more powerful than laws.

Senate rules exist at the whim of the Majority Party.

Nope.

I suggest you read
up some more, kid.

I doubt you have read more than I on the matter, or discussed it
personally more often with those closest to it either.

Then you need to read for comprehension.

The Rs run the joint.

Nope. You seem to think the Rs are a monolithic block like the Ds.

It is hardly the fault of the Ds when they do.

Note the Ds didn't change the cloture rules when they held the
Senate.

--
Keith