You think we will regret filibuster reform if we lose the senate in 2014?

[NNguyenMD]

Or is it still the right thing to do?

It Still takes a supermajority to overrule presidential vetoes.

[Skinner]

1. It's still the right thing to do. (nt)

[PoliticAverse]

2. "It still takes a supermajority to overrule presidential vetoes." - that is why the answer is no,

at least until 2016.

[TDale313]

3. You think...

Republicans wouldn't change the rule themselves immediately if they got the majority? Just cause we played nice with them?

The Senate is completely broken, the rules have been completely abused, and the fixes being proposed are actually not that drastic. I say it's long past time for filibuster reform.

[frazzled]

4. No (with explanation)

The filibuster will still be preserved under the various reform proposals being considered. It will just be more constrained and it will take more effort. And that's as it should be, for either side. When there is a truly important issue to be filibustered by the minority, they can still do it. It will have to be more public, however. And it will have to involve speaking to the public to reveal the reasons for the action. And it will be rarer. Whether it's our side or theirs, filibuster should only be used in cases of important ideological opposition, not just to exert minority power against the majority or the White House against every nomination and every dipshit bill.

To get change, you must give up things. It's totally worth making these reforms to achieve this change. If it's wrong for their side, it's wrong for ours.

[Nye Bevan]

5. My guess is that next time the Republicans control the Senate,

they will push through their own version of filibuster reform, which will go beyond anything the Dems are doing now, but they will point to the current reform as justification ("they changed the filibuster, so can we&quot .

[SoCalDem]

6. No, because when republicans are a majority, there are always enough dems

who will side with them and vote for their shitty bills anyway.. we rarely do more than threaten to filibuster but in such a weak way, that the republicans know we are not serious, & they ram everything they want through with no filibuster from us.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

7. Not right away, but when the pendulum swings back, we could.

Alternatively when the repukes have the Senate again, they can make it even easier to ride rough shod over us.

[rustydog]

8. If it sucks when the Repugnants use it

Why wouldn't it be equally sucky if Dems used it?