File under "I'll believe it when I see it."
A frustrated Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he and other Democrats would likely push for changes to Senate filibuster rules if the Democrats hold the Senate in November, and blamed Republican obstructionism for forcing these changes.
"I'll just bet you … if we maintain a majority, and I feel quite confident that we can do that, and the president is reelected, there is going to be some changes," Reid said on the Senate floor Thursday morning. "We can no longer go through this, every bill, filibusters on bills that they agree with. It's just a waste of time to prevent us from getting things done."
Wish he'd said that last time the window opened up to push for those changes. The obstruction is unprecedented:
Via The Rachel Maddow Show
Then there was this:
"I don't need to give a lecture … about how vexatious this is that we have to do this every time."
"Vexatious" was new to me (and apt), but it's a real word. I need to use it. It sure beats "marvelous."
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