On Tue, 2 Nov 2010, Rose Ellen Auerbach wrote:
GOP pickup of about three in the Senate. People are willing to take a flyer
on crazy for a two-year House term, but the six-year term will give people
pause.
The talking heads at MSNBC had me shaking my head in embarassment
just now. They got all upset at Rand Paul winning in Ky., and
focused on Sen.- elect Paul's distress at the deficit.
The MSNBC fella was concerned that Paul would, as is his
right as a Senator, filibuster the "routine" increase in
the Debt Ceiling next year. Which would, he said, cause
an immediate worldwide Depression (big D) with everything
shutting down as the US defaulted.
To which I say:
a: bullshit. You (the MSNBC guy) said this has never happened
in the past. So how can you be so sure this is what would occur?
b: And personally I'd love to see a real filibuster. I suspect
that if Paul threatened one, the other Senators would finally
get off their polite BS and tell him to put up or shut up.
I suspect Ron Paul could pull a Jimmy Stewart - probably
only one of a dozen or so Sens. who could...
Let me emphasize that I'm not certain whether or not this
would be, as Martha Stewart would say, be "a good thing". But
I'd love to see a real political knock-em battle.
- oh, and Ron Paul has come out in favor of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read_the_Bills_Act
And that is something I do fully endorse.
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