tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post6952799745825983271..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Read Stuff, You ShouldJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-49972021552410454332012-11-26T23:40:22.817-06:002012-11-26T23:40:22.817-06:00Getting to this late...but, yeah, I think that'...Getting to this late...but, yeah, I think that's a possibility -- that the talking stuff is just a cover for what they really want to do. So much depends on the details, which we don't even have for the proposal. Let alone what they finally wind up with.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-33941313605972332982012-11-21T08:20:57.647-06:002012-11-21T08:20:57.647-06:00Something I've been wondering about the filibu...Something I've been wondering about the filibuster reform drive is whether the push for a talking filibuster is likely to be transformed into something fairly different before it succeeds. I know that the talking filibuster is the proposal that everyone's signing onto now. But if people understand themselves to be signing on as general supporters of filibuster reform, and some other version of filibuster reform looks good to Harry Reid and whoever is in the room at the moment of decision, is it possible that we just get the other thing?Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.com