Political Theatre category archive
Tracing the Southern Strategy 0
The Republican Party’s reaction to Nelson Mandela career and death tracks right along with the path of Nixon’s odious Southern Strategy in transforming the Republican Party into the Party of the New Secesh:
A Christmas Story 2
Susan Feiner spins the tale of Ebeneezer Cruz, a fairy tale with a fanciful ending.
Poll Axes 0
The Booman has the right idea about opinion polls.
News, Ripped from the Ticker 0
A. P. Ticker throws in the towels.
It Never Stops 2
A letter to the editor in my local rag calls out another liar.
Had My Fill, Buster 0
Dick Polman comments on the Senate’s rule change on the filibuster.
Two nuggets:
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And nowhere in the Constitution – not in a phrase, not in a syllable, not even implicitly – does it empower a Senate minority to block those nominees. In fact, founding fathers James Madison and Alexander Hamilton specifically warned in the Federalist Papers that tyranny of the minority would be a bad thing. They said that requiring a Senate supermajority (anything more than 51 votes) should be limited to the real big stuff, like ratifying a treaty or convicting an impeached president or ousting an elected official for criminal behavior.
As Polman points out elsewhere in the column, the Republicans own obstructionism made this happen.