Thanks to Franken and Klobuchar for helping Dems understand why Gorsuch must be filibustered

[BainsBane]

Minnesota proud!

[bettyellen]

1. Damn proud of them!

[Mister Ed]

7. I'm damn proud to be a Minnesotan today.

And damn proud to be active in the Minnesota DFL, modest though my activism may be.

[Wounded Bear]

2. You got yourselves some leadership there...

thanks for sharing them with the rest of the country.

[BainsBane]

4. My congressman's not too shabby either

[appal_jack]

10. You have three good reasons to be proud, BainsBane!

Actually, I am sure you have many more than that, but two inspiring-leader Senators and that damn fine Representative sure makes for a good top-o'-the-list. May we all seek and find such excellent representation in our own states!

Though I will probably never live there again, I do fondly recall the Winter of 1991 working in the BWCA: the sound (and occasional sight) of wolves across the frozen lakes. At least 7 days out of any 10 being excellent for xc skiing, wonderful friends and coworkers, many of whom joined me in opposing Iraq War 1... good times.

Despite its woeful lack of mountains, grits, biscuits, collard greens, and southern drawls, Minnesota is still all right with me!

k&r,

-app

[BainsBane]

13. The BWCA is beautiful

And I know a place that has awesome biscuits, but I take your point about Southern food. Besides, home is just home. That's why I moved back here.

[JHan]

23. I'm jealous :p

[BeyondGeography]

3. Exactly right

[mcar]

5. They did a great job in the Gorsuch hearings

As did most of our Dems!

[Hortensis]

6. Dems all know why. Schumer just said we ARE fillibustering

also.

The question has been which choice among the few available piss-poor options has the best chance of forcing them to produce a more moderate nominee. These guys aren't looking for a way to make a lot of angry noise to gratify some voters but to avoid a Gorsuch on SCOTUS.

For sure, we do not have the power to keep them from filling the seat for very long. They can just change the rules to go around us.

[Amaryllis]

8. Merkley has been all over this for weeks, too. I was on two calls with him this week; one with DFA

and one with MoveOn. He said the only one he will vote for is one named Merrick Garland.

[sheshe2]

9. Thank you Minnesota!

[NurseJackie]

11. Oh, hell yeah! Klobuchar and Franken TOTALLY ROCK!!

They're in there doing the "dirty work"... doing things that MATTER.... making a DIFFERENCE!! They're not doing it for their own glory, they're doing it for OUR COUNTRY!! They are true patriots... true Democrats! They make me proud to call myself a loyal Democrat!

[Lotusflower70]

12. Nicely done

So proud of Senator Franken and Senator Klobuchar. And my representative Ellison.

[ginnyinWI]

14. Yay!

My adopted state--we are planning to move there from Wisconsin soon, having recently retired.

[grantcart]

15. The filibuster is dead for Supreme Court Justices.

If we didn't force the issue this time then next time when we have an even worse nominee they would still blow up the filibuster.

[NewJeffCT]

19. then it will come back to haunt them

If a Democrat wins in 2020 and Dems have the Senate, they'll just ram through every nominee on an up or down vote.

[grantcart]

24. Unfortunately by that time they will most likely have a solid 5 or 6 vote majority with a

30 year time frame, which is why they don't really care if they lose it.

[smirkymonkey]

16. Dream Team!

I love Al Franken!

[FakeNoose]

17. Another good thing that Franken did

During the Senate confirmation interview of Michael Flynn, he got Flynn to commit perjury on video.
Nobody realized it until later.

Once they found out that Flynn was working for Putin and the Turkish government, Flynn went down in flames.
It was the first domino, then they all started to fall.

I believe Senator Franken had some intel about Flynn, and asked the right questions at the right time.
Well done!

[BainsBane]

18. You mean Sessions

Flynn didn't have a confirmation hearing.

[paleotn]

20. You are so, so lucky and should be proud.

From our 2, "Crazy Thom" Tillis ignores us and Burr sent us a long, stinking pile of excrement of a letter explaining why DeVos wasn't nearly as nuts and awful as we kept telling him in numerous emails and phone calls.

[BainsBane]

25. DeVos

Her confirmation was an embarrassment.

[R B Garr]

21. K&R

Thanks, Minnesota! Actually that is one of a handful of states I've never visited. Some day, though. It looks beautiful.

[brer cat]

22. We are blessed with dems who talk the talk, walk the walk,

and kick a$$ when necessary. These two are among the best!

[BainsBane]

26. They are

I don't always agree with Klobuchar, but she's a good public servant.