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Originally Posted by Parallex
I think they'll lose control of the senate anyways (assuming they have it to begin with)...
The field is not favorable for them in 2018. 23D-8R-2I are up for re-election and the independents caucus with the democrats so really it's 25-8.
... The way I see it the choice is get something done and lose the senate or get nothing done and still lose the senate.
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But they don't have 60 in the senate so they can't actually get anything done. That's the thing about Obama in 08, he had the absolute most stacked deck you can have, he had the 60 seats. Ted Kennedy dying took it to 59 and killed everything they wanted to do. Filibuster sucks but we know the GOP will kill everything they can with it. It'll take a spectacular collapse by the GOP down the stretch to bring 60 into play. All she can really do is appointments, and she can get those through with no issue (straight up and down vote). Actual legislation won't happen though because in today's America it takes 60 votes to get anything done.