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It'll definately be a nasty day if hilary were to get elected. but she won't so I'm not worried.
I suppose what you are talking about senate rules and traditions. I am. Historically , in the senate when it was said there was a judicial filibuster it lasted 1 hr per senator. The filibuster is about prolonging debate and using obsturctionist tactics for the purpose of delaying legislative action, not to end it all together. Cloture comes about when there is a vote at the end of the filibuster. A filibuster can end and its still a filibuster, if not senators would never stop debating and no bills would ever pass. It appears to me it is the dems wanting to change the rules with the "super-majority vote" not the republicans pushing for cloture and a vote.
You might think a super majority is a great idea, but that goes against years of tradition in the senate. The republicans are the ones trying to maintain tradition, while the dems are the ones twisting the rules.
About clintons nominees: lots of judges don't get out of committee, but these nominess did. They deserve a vote at least.
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