and the reverend al sharpton will meet with one of them, west virginia senator joe manchin. david jolly is back with us. david, mark elias, democratic election and campaign lawyer, sort of a one-man tip of the spear against the republican war on voting rights, said yesterday that the filibuster isn t even a law. it isn t a rule. it s a tradition, and it should not become a suicide pact for our democracy. what do you think? yeah, i think democrats have a tough decision to make. it is not a rule, it is not a law, but it is a long-held senate tradition that we saw begin to erode about 10 or 15 years ago when harry reed said we re going to eliminate the filibuster for judicial nominees but not for the supreme court and then republicans came in and said, well, we re going to eliminate it for the supreme court. what has not been eliminated is the filibuster for legislation, and that s what mark is saying, that this nonrule, but this tradition of the senate, is standing in the way of very
ranking senator urging her to run. mrs. clinton said she s flattered but still hasn t made up her mind. stuff talk from nancy pelosi, she s lashing out at the gchl op for the so-called hastert rule. this is an odd group, but we just can t wait around for the hastert rule which isn t a rule. it isn t a rule. it s an excuse. chris christie was on the campaign trail over the weekend at a stop on the rutgers campus, he told the story of an 82-year-old woman who said she was constantly praying for him. that night when i went to bed, i said lord, please give our governor strength. because i don t know how much more [ bleep ] this boy can take. these are my people, man. these are my people. and our open rachel maddow made a cameo appearance on the simpsons last night. here is a little recap.
against sandy aid. 80%. and most most of the ones who voted for it were from new york, new jersey or pennsylvania. areas that were affected. hopefully the speaker will say, we ll bring the bill to the floor even though 80% of the republicans were against it. 15 not 15%, 15 republicans. that would be 3% of republicans voted with us on food stamps. 97% of the republicans voted to cut $40 billion more out of food stamps. so this is an odd group. but we just can t wait around for the hastert rule which isn t a rule. it isn t a rule. it s an excuse. but it s not a reason. we have just a couple minutes left. i want to two questions i want to ask you. i sort of made it as a joke, how tired are you of john boehner having to come to you for help, for heaven s sakes? it seems it s the only way he