Comments on: Biden To Give Voting Rights Speech Tomorrow http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/12/biden-to-give-voting-rights-speech-tomorrow/ Reality-based political commentary Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:50:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/12/biden-to-give-voting-rights-speech-tomorrow/#comment-178974 nypoet22 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:32:58 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20711#comment-178974 @liz, yes, that. after 21 hours of reading green eggs and ham, even a gasbag like rafael cruz eventually runs out of gas. requiring the filibustering members to be physically present may not seem like much, but it makes a lot more sense than giving a 2/5 minority permanent veto power with zero personal cost to themselves. JL @liz,

yes, that. after 21 hours of reading green eggs and ham, even a gasbag like rafael cruz eventually runs out of gas. requiring the filibustering members to be physically present may not seem like much, but it makes a lot more sense than giving a 2/5 minority permanent veto power with zero personal cost to themselves.

JL

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/12/biden-to-give-voting-rights-speech-tomorrow/#comment-178969 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 13 Jul 2021 03:43:28 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20711#comment-178969 ... the talking filibuster ... you mean like the one Ted Cruz used? ... the talking filibuster ... you mean like the one Ted Cruz used?

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/12/biden-to-give-voting-rights-speech-tomorrow/#comment-178968 nypoet22 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 02:38:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20711#comment-178968 i think coming out in full support of manchin's proposal would absolutely be centrist, and so would bringing back the talking filibuster. i think coming out in full support of manchin's proposal would absolutely be centrist, and so would bringing back the talking filibuster.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/12/biden-to-give-voting-rights-speech-tomorrow/#comment-178967 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 13 Jul 2021 00:26:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20711#comment-178967 John[2], I fully agree! It's not at all like Biden to put his fellow Dems on the spot like that. If this is going to be worked out it will be worked out behind closed doors before a public announcement with the two senators standing side by side the president. John[2],

I fully agree!

It's not at all like Biden to put his fellow Dems on the spot like that. If this is going to be worked out it will be worked out behind closed doors before a public announcement with the two senators standing side by side the president.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/12/biden-to-give-voting-rights-speech-tomorrow/#comment-178966 John M from Ct. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 23:51:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20711#comment-178966 As to your last point, that Biden may choose to publicly call for filibuster reform, I wonder. Is that the best way to influence two senators, who have their own constituencies which are not particularly pro-Biden? I would have imagined that if Biden really wanted Manchin and Sinema to take one for Team D, he'd work behind the scenes to give them a chance to announce a change of mind on their own terms. For them to change their positions after the president announced to the entire country that he was expecting them to do so seems kind of hard or even humiliating. As to your last point, that Biden may choose to publicly call for filibuster reform, I wonder. Is that the best way to influence two senators, who have their own constituencies which are not particularly pro-Biden? I would have imagined that if Biden really wanted Manchin and Sinema to take one for Team D, he'd work behind the scenes to give them a chance to announce a change of mind on their own terms. For them to change their positions after the president announced to the entire country that he was expecting them to do so seems kind of hard or even humiliating.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/12/biden-to-give-voting-rights-speech-tomorrow/#comment-178963 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 12 Jul 2021 23:37:50 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20711#comment-178963 I hope it won't be TOO, too boring. Heh. Just read a piece in the NYTimes about how boring Biden's speeches are and how he mumbles and stumbles and this, that and the other thing. I guess there is nothing else for NYTimes columnists to write about these days ... ?? I hope it won't be TOO, too boring. Heh.

Just read a piece in the NYTimes about how boring Biden's speeches are and how he mumbles and stumbles and this, that and the other thing.

I guess there is nothing else for NYTimes columnists to write about these days ... ??

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