Shores, alabama. they had been having a good time. unfortunately this ended in tragedy. the ntsb is checking into the crash. in florida, it was accidental when a man drove his pickup truck into a crowd last night. the victims and drivers all believed to be members of the gale men s chorus. joe manchin has his party s can he actually get republicans to support the compromise, on will a filibuster stand in the way of change? don t go anywhere. stand in the e don t go anywhere. [sfx: bikes passing] [sfx: fire truck siren] onstar, we see them. okay. mother and child in vehicle. mother is unable to exit the vehicle. injuries are unknown. thank you, onstar.
But every time we lament that or look at that possibility, we re really looking away from how ugly it already is. can t imagine a scenario where if republicans controlled the white house, the senate and the house, that they would let the filibuster stand in the way of accomplishing huge things like the ryan budget. they demand it and cave in a moment and they would be happy to change the rules. i don t see a scenario. unlike carl levin, i would say i don t see a scenario where this filibuster change on nominations will work against the president. i don t see how that happens. if there are 51 votes, as mcconnell, he would have to negotiate anyway, he ll have to do it and 51 votes is easier to get than 60. the benefits are huge. entire second term agenda runs through the d.c. circuit court of appeals. nothing is getting through congress, all has to be through regulation and executive authority, things like health care, climate change, dodd frank and financial reform, d.c. circuit has b
Sharp on both sides, both on the president and then mccain and graham on the other. but i think on the big negotiating issue, which is the fiscal cliff, i don t think they re drawing those lines in the sand yet. jon: assuming secretary of state clinton hands in her resignation and assuming that susan rice gets nominated, i mean, democrats have the votes in the senate to confirm her if they want, do they not? well, not if the republicans make a filibuster stand, they don t. and you can filibuster a nomination, and it would be interesting to see whether they would get support, from how many. i guess they would need, what, 41 republicans who would be willing to filibuster susan rice. first of all, he has to nominate her. but he set a real marker out there when he said if i decide she s the right woman, i ll nominate her. jon: yeah. and on the fiscal cliff the republicans and others seem to say, okay, mr. president, you re the leader of the free world, lead on this issue. yeah.