Comments | matt_rah: say "filibuster-proof" three times fast

matt_rah

say "filibuster-proof" three times fast

Jul 01, 2009 00:58

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tedshubris July 1 2009, 13:37:03 UTC

Honestly, the number is mostly symbolic, since there are dems who'll buck the president if he tries to do anything remotely progressive.

I'm more looking forward to it because Franken seems like the kind of guy who won't take Republican and Blue Dog BS lying down. I suspect that he may also become a more regular fixture on the news... it's the logical extension of their culture of infotainment.

matt_rah July 1 2009, 15:48:59 UTC

Yeah. It's really frustrating how Congress is so far to the right of mainstream American opinion.

Matt

russiandude July 1 2009, 16:03:16 UTC

I am not sure it actually is all that far off. Or at least that's my impression of mainstream America.

matt_rah July 1 2009, 16:13:29 UTC

No, it actually is! On the specific issues that have been in the news recently, anyway, like health care reform, and repeal of DOMA and Don't Ask Don't Tell. These are things the public overwhelmingly supports ( ... )

russiandude July 1 2009, 16:16:42 UTC

Where are you getting these numbers?

It is my impression that while things are slowly changing public support for the laws you mentioned is by no means overwhelming or even majority, except health care reform (and even then opinions differ widely as to solutions).

tedshubris July 1 2009, 16:49:02 UTC

All of these issues are very very strongly sensitive to question wording and the framing of the poll.

I agree that the Senate in general is to the right of the American populace for the most part due to the over representation of small population states in the Midwest, and the fact that old people are WAY overrepresented in the population of the Senate itself. It's less the case in the House, due to (more) proportional representation.

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