The extremely peculiar rules governing the United States Senate just got a little less peculiar. After a historic vote yesterday, it will now take 51 votes — a simple majority — for most presidential nominations to be approved by the 100-member Senate.
One senator responded with outrage to the idea. The American people, he roared, "don't expect . . . for one party — be it Republican or Democrat — to change the rules in the middle of the game."
His name is Barack Obama.
Sen. Obama spoke those words in 2005 about a Republican proposal to do something very much like what happened yesterday — a proposal thwarted by a bipartisan deal struck by a so-called "gang of 14" that left the old order in place.
http://nypost.com/2013/11/22/the-hatchetmen-win-harry-reids-muscle-move/
Politicians - saying and doing what it takes to keep or get power, whatever it takes.
Politicians - saying and doing what it takes to keep or get power, whatever it takes.
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