and democratic majority in the senate that does not rise to 60 votes, so the flip of what we have now the republicans would force the democrats to go that route because what they did last year was much more radical than that and that wasn t just one event, right? mitch mcconnell has shown again and again and again that he believes in this kind of opposition and that he brought the republican party along so give than it seems to democrats presumption should be to say to the remembers look you broke these rules, now live up to what you ve broken and change the rules on the filibuster. jonathan chait, one of the best political journalists out there today has a smart piece about this in new york magazine where he says the idea that the democrats could save the forcing of this think buster until next time is naive. there s no reason it will be more powerful if they don t use it now and they do use it later. that feels right to me but i m not saying they need to do that. i m saying their pr
year was much more radical than that and that wasn t just one event, right? mitch mcconnell has shown again and again and again that he believes in this kind of opposition and that he brought the republican party along so give than it seems to democrats presumption should be to say to the remembers look you broke these rules, now live up to what you ve broken and change the rules on the filibuster. jonathan chait, one of the best political journalists out there today has a smart piece about this in new york magazine where he says the idea that the democrats could save the forcing of this think buster until next time is naive. there s no reason it will be more powerful if they don t use it now and they do use it later. that feels right to me but i m not saying they need to do that. i m saying their presumption should be against wishful thinking, against naivete and toward understanding the republicans have fundamentally changed the rules of the supreme court in the last year. and onc
there s a democratic president and democratic majority in the senate that does not rise to 60 votes, so the flip of what we have now the republicans would force the democrats to go that route because what they did last year was much more radical than that and that wasn t just one event, right? mitch mcconnell has shown again and again and again that he believes in this kind of opposition and that he brought the republican party along so give than i seems to democrats presumption should be to say to the remembers look you broke these rules, now live up to what you ve broken and change the rules on the filibuster. jonathan chat, one of the best political journalists out there today has a smart piece about this in new york magazine where he says the idea that the democrats could save the forcing of this think buster until next time is naive. there s no reason it will be more powerful if they don t use it now and they do use it later. that feels right to me but i m not saying they need to