Republicans fear the loss of their only weapon left: the filibuster

The Independent by Rupert Cornwell | Oct. 27, 2008 (News Analysis)

That reluctance is understandable. Invariably, a party that has controlled both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue has over-reached, even without a filibuster-proof Senate majority, which last happened between 1977 and 1979, the first two years of Jimmy Carter's unhappy presidency. In the early 1990s, during the first Clinton administration, Democrats controlled White House and Congress, only to come a cropper in the mid-term elections of 1994. For most of the ... Full Story »

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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 27, 2008

While a lot of stories about the presidential election are reporting on McCain's new fear tactics, this is the first I've seen that mentions that McCain's own party was in exactly the position he warns against for 6 years. So certainly the country should be familiar with the dangers! Another story I posted last night explored the various tensions within the Party, the relative weakness of both congressional leaders, and how that might affect an all-Democratic federal government. However, even Harry Reid doesn't expect to gain enough seats to prevent a filibuster. So this is fairly speculative at best.

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