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What is chalkblocking, you ask? Well, Rachel Maddow on Friday called for ideas for new terminology to replace the stiflingly boring “filibuster”. She has billed it as an effort to reinvigorate the somnambulant national conversation over the Senate’s inability to pass legislation: February 13th, 2010 | Tags: chalkblock, chalkblockers, filibuster, Lieberman, McConnell, Rachel Maddow, Senate, Snow, supermajority | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment  Sarah Palin (Blessings and peace be upon her) announced today that she would step down as Alaska's governor on July 26th. Sarah Palin (Blessings and peace be upon her.) today announced her intention to resign her post as governor of Alaska at the end of July, stating that she felt it was wise to hand over power to her lieutenant governor before her impending trip to Argentina. Sorry. Scratch that. Crossed wires. According to the AP, the Governor (Blessings and peace be upon her.) gave no reason for her abrupt resignation, prompting rampant speculation. The obvious, and probably accurate, conclusion is that she is preparing for a presidential run in 2012. Whether this is a smart move or a misstep is an open question. Continue reading… Anyone who paid attention in high school civics class knows it takes a majority to pass a bill. In the Senate, that means 51. In today’s world, though, the operative number is 60. 60 represents the mythical supermajority, the three-fifths of the Senate needed to break a filibuster, but has become the de facto definition of a majority:
Arlen Specter looked at what the base was forcing him to do and concluded that the prudent thing was not to follow the other lemmings. he looked at who it was he tended to agree with and found it to be the very people he thought were the opposition. Rather than place an allegience to ideology above all else, he decided to make public a shift that had already happened, though it went unacknowledged. [...] |
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