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Originally Posted by tw2113
Ahh...ending the filibuster a great idea when it'd be abused by the GOP. However once it'd be needed again by the Democrats, they'd be shit out of luck if they actually ended it now.
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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
it would be a big gamble no doubt. then again there is no guarantee that republicans wouldn't end it themselves given the chance.
it's a bit of a prisoner's dilemma scenario where the nash equilibrium is mutual destruction.
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OK, true, but there's another component to this. Unlike, say, the "packing the Court" idea, ending the filibuster is a moral imperative.