From my experience, post-2000 election, it's the Dems that splinter in the minority, not the @Senate_GOPs. That's how we got Bush tax cuts
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@jonathanweisman different democratic caucus now. Far more liberal.
@brianros1 Tester, Heitkamp, Manchin, Donnelly. Wyden is a wildcard, as is Klobuchar on some issues. & hey, Landrieu could still win
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@jonathanweisman though I do agree that going back to 1993, Rs have been far better at obstructing while in the minority & Ds fracture -
@brianros1@jonathanweisman BULL. "352 bills are sitting on Harry Reid’s desk, awaiting action."98% bipartisan -
@constrights@jonathanweisman oh stop. Bipartisan isn’t get 3 Democrats to support a bill. Nor was I insulting or criticizing. If you look -
@constrights@jonathanweisman in 1993-1994 & 2009-2010, Republicans didn’t offer to negotiate w/Presidents Clinton/Obama. I’m not sure ANY -
@constrights@jonathanweisman health care bill could have garnered Republican votes no matter what the content was. -
@constrights@jonathanweisman by contrast, 13 Democrats voted for President Bush’s tax cuts if memory serves me correctly. -
@brianros1@jonathanweisman If memory serves me correctly, looking back, I wouldn't have voted for Bush's tax cuts. -
@constrights and btw, I have a blog going up tomorrow criticizing Reid for not legislating.
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@jonathanweisman true. But if you go back to 2001 you had a lot more moderates and/or wild cards. Also hadn't been resentment built up by a -
@jonathanweisman decade of ever escalating filibuster counts.
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