realm of possibility. but i think what you re going to end up seeing is what is going to get 51 votes. because at this point i think everyone s on board there s got to be some changes. so my sense is that something is going to pass. now, at this point they re also talking about passing it with 2/3 and having it be a bipartisan deal and the democrats and republicans come together and say this is the wire going to do it and if that doesn t work then they go the constitutional option and they get that majority. i think something is going to pass in terms of rules reform. the question is, it s like the same story with the public option and financial reform, what compromises are going to have to be made at the margins to get the 51st vote. do we need to put a little blame on mr. smith s shoulders here? i mean, hasn t that movie been used to give the filibuster some sort of undeserved sank tiff kaigs? is it not really frank capra s fault? it is by far the most iconic cinematic representa
i don t know. i don t know if thin knows, to be honest. i don t know if there s a hard vote tally. i know the people that are engineering this want to keep this very secret until they think they have the votes. i don t think they have them now. i think that s what that means. i don t think it s outside the realm of possibility. but i think what you re going to end up seeing is what is going to get 51 votes. because at this point i think everyone s on board there s got to be some changes. so my sense is that something is going to pass. now, at this point they re also talking about passing it with 2/3 and having it be a bipartisan deal and the democrats and republicans come together and say this is the wire going to do it and if that doesn t work then they go the constitutional option and they get that majority. i think something is going to pass in terms of rules reform. the question is, it s like the same story with the public option and financial reform, what compromises are going t