No Super Majority Required
I was a bit confused by all the jibber-jabber about getting to 60 votes in the Senate. Some talking heads were making it sound like Obama would be hamstrung by a recalcitrant GOP.
Congress is pretty deferential to new Presidents though and I thought Obama would be able to bring Republicans along on any major initiatives. This survey pretty much proves me right.
Everybody wants Obama to get his agenda passed. The 23%ers who still think Bush Rulz and Obama is a socialists can pretty much be ignored.
From 30% to 23%, it just gets sadder everyday for Republicans.
Jason wrote:
Uhhh, everybody talks unity after the election is over, but you might want to wait and see if things work out that way.
Everybody talks unity, but I also think that there is plenty of evidence that the electorate is interested in getting something done and not the non-stop playing for cameras.
Last Tuesday was a functional foreclosure on a lot of Republican tactics and policies, and while opposition in the effort to get a serious compromise is understandable, obstructionism is just going to remind folks of what they voted the change. At least for awhile.
PLUS — isn’t the 60 vote rule a rule the Senate makes for itself? If so, it is certainly possible for the new Congress to reset that rule.