Friday, November 22, 2013

Dana Milbank: The Democrats’ naked power grab - The Washington Post

Dana Milbank: The Democrats’ naked power grab - The Washington Post: "“If a Senate majority demonstrates it can make such a change once, there are no rules which binds a majority, and all future majorities will feel free to exercise the same power, not just on judges and executive appointments but on legislation,” Levin said Thursday. Quoting one of the Senate’s giants, Arthur Vandenberg, Levin said his fellow Democrats had sacrificed “vital principle for the sake of momentary convenience.”

If it was possible to make things even worse in Washington, Reid just did it."

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