I have to say, the way in which Republicans toss around the word "filibuster", you'd think they had much more representation in Congress than they do.
Seems like every other hour you have some Republican (Boehner, that's you) threatening to lower the boom of the evil, dreaded filibuster on the Obama agenda and/or his nominees.
I'm sick of it, and I have one clear message for the Republican Party: DO IT.
I'm sick of their whiny obstructionist fearmongering. Call their freaking bluff already!
If they want to filibuster Future SC Justice Sotomayor, the first Latina justice, and alienate a growing demographic of hispanic voters they'll need to even hold on to the congressional seats they have, DO IT!
If they want to filibuster Obama's budget priorities, further solidifying their reputation as the Party of No (Ideas), instead reading us their Grandma's apple pie recipes for days (we know how they love apple pie) then DO IT!
If they want to filibuster CAFE standards and climate change legislation, cozying up even more with big oil and the filthy rich, then DO IT!
I dare them.
But in the end you know they won't. They'll talk it up as a bargaining chip and nothing more, because it's the only trump card they have left, and they're reluctant to use it after only five months of Obama.
And let's face it, Republicans don't have the balls or the votes to sustain a filibuster anyway.
Call their bluff Obama, Pelosi and Reid! Strip away the last veneers of power this regional party still clings to. Just let me fix some popcorn first, I want to watch the show.