That’s Our Castle
Flip Flopperman Mike Castle says that if he were a Senator now, he would have joined Scott Brown, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins in voting to end debate on a 15 billion-dollar jobs bill. But when Mike Castle had the chance to vote yes on the House’s job creation measure last December, he decided that Republican obstructionism was the way to go, Delawareans be damned.
And now Mike Castle has flipped flopped on Republican obstructionism too. Now he says he is not a fan of the Senate filibuster anyway. That is a shocking announcement. I now expect Mike Castle to condemn his fellow Republicans in the Senate, who he hopes to join next year, for their unprecedented record breaking abuse of the filibuster. I expect Mike Castle, should be be horribly unfortunate enough to suffer through his election in November, to never filibuster any piece of legislation ever. I expect him, given his statement, to immediately call on Mitch McConnell and the other Republican obstructionists in the Senate, ordering them to lay down their arms immediately on all of the President’s nominees, and on all legislation.
A leader would do that. A leader would stand up for his principles. And apparently, opposition to the filibuster is now one of Mike Castle’s principles.
And of course we know Mike Castle will do nothing of the kind, for he is not a leader, and he has not principles. Indeed, the flip flop on that statement is coming within the hour.
As several commenters here have noted, wait for it . . . However, But, On the Other Hand . . . Mike Castle’s favorite flip-flop phrases. When you hear them you know the next words out of his mouth will be “I’ve decided to screw my constituents.”
I doubt Castle is really talking about stopping filibuster abuse. He’s just saying he’d vote for that job bill. I’m sure he’ll happily filibuster everything else. It’s a nice opening though, to ask him about what he’d support regarding filibuster reform.
I can’t find a quote where Castle says he’s a fan of the fillibuster, can you post one?
Also, the December Jobs Bill that was in the House, is different from the current Senate version.
http://www.openleft.com/diary/17308/senate-jobs-bill-bears-little-resemblance-to-house-jobs-bill
So calling it a “flip-flop” isn’t really accurate, unless Castle said he wouldn’t vote for ANY jobs bill.
WDEL has an news item about Castle saying he “was never a fan of the filibuster, anyway” http://www.wdel.com
Thanks Nancy. I included the link to the WDEL article in the post, but I guess Mis couldn’t be bothered to click through.
As for the jobs bill, Castle had his chance to vote for a jobs bill and he voted no. It is typical Castle to say he would vote for the bill if one thing is changed. He did the same on Healthcare.
The WDEL link said that Castle “was NEVER a fan of the filibuster, anyway” as Nancy pointed out. I asked this:
“I can’t find a quote where Castle says he’s a fan of the filibuster, can you post one?”
See the difference? Did you ever find that quote? Because I still can’t, but I figure you found a quote where Castle says he loves the filibuster in the Senate since you were calling him a flip-flopper on it.