so this filibuster issue is significant. it s significant for both parties. one, there are lots of republicans who believe it wouldn t be good for their party to filibuster something that a majority of the public agrees with. 90%. that s right. and secondly it wouldn t be good for democrats if they couldn t stop this filibuster because there are probably a half dozen or so democrats who might go along with this because their seats will be in danger if they vote for gun control legislation. one of the things you ll see the president say and he s speaking shortly is i think he ll remind people that back when he gave the state of the union address and said the families of newtown deserves a vote, gabby giffords deserves a vote, many many were applauding vigorously, enthusiastically. pointing out, look, if you re blocking this from coming to a vote, you re not making good on that pledge you made implicitly by applauding back then. gloria, you wrote an excellent column on cnn.
i would support is simply getting rid of the filibuster most on the motion to proceed. the filibuster issue, it s not because of the rules, it s because of the people who have come to the senate recently, who said, you know, what i m going to do is i m going to throw the wrench in the crank case here and just stop everything in its cracks, we have got people who think their best interests is served by just shutting down. that is not in the best interests of the country. certainly with respect to be able to pick the next secretary of state with respect to the president, this senate ought to be able to be providing a positive vote for someone they served with for 12 years and know that he is very well qualifieded. senator i entirely agree with that, but would you say that filibuster has worked to a certain extent to what when mitch mcconnell says we re going to obstruct to keep president