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The problem is she may not be the only democrat opposed to a filibuster carve out PoliticAverse Dec 2021 #1
My thought as well, I doubt she is the only one Amishman Dec 2021 #10
Tester is among those leading the charge to convince Manchin. tritsofme Dec 2021 #15
Well, I'll be... Definitely missed that somehow Amishman Dec 2021 #16
If Manchin agrees, then Sinema will fold. She is a coward not able to stand alone. Nt Fiendish Thingy Dec 2021 #19
No matter how outlandish? bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #2
Use the Republican Playbook Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #3
no martial law iemanja Dec 2021 #4
A "party of democracy" that doesn't protect voting rights leftstreet Dec 2021 #6
👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 onecaliberal Dec 2021 #7
how about a 'party of democracy' SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #11
Thank you leftstreet Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #26
What makes you think I don't want voting rights protected? iemanja Dec 2021 #29
Sigh. You can exercise power without using authoritarianism leftstreet Dec 2021 #31
I was referring to the point about Biden's declaring martial law iemanja Dec 2021 #33
By the way, Michael Flynn's soldiers were Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #47
I understand the threat very well iemanja Dec 2021 #50
OK Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #51
Exactly. Biden won mainly due to PoC and suburban moderates. radius777 Dec 2021 #58
Martial law is a step too far, at this point, but might be necessary at a later point. Yoyoyo77 Dec 2021 #22
Thank you Yoyoyo77 Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #24
You should read this and learn the very, very narrow conditions for Martial Law to be declared. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #55
Mary in SC: SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #12
I disagree Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #23
If the Democrats ever pull that shit iemanja Dec 2021 #32
Either they win or we win, which would you like? Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #34
I want nothing to do with your fascism iemanja Dec 2021 #35
Okay, I will say it again, Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #46
OK???? Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #62
I don't think you get it. She posed a hypothetical radius777 Dec 2021 #70
It's Martial Law, not Marshall Law, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #14
Something smells off to me. iemanja Dec 2021 #36
Like what? MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #39
martial law. iemanja Dec 2021 #42
Ah, ok, I got it now. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #44
Aside from being a terrible, illegal, and scarily authoritarian idea. tritsofme Dec 2021 #17
There is nothing scarier than living Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #25
I'd just as soon not live under the authoritarian dystopia you've dreamed up either. tritsofme Dec 2021 #27
Who said I want to live under Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #28
Then why are you advocating for just that? iemanja Dec 2021 #37
Ok, I will say it again Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #38
You advocated destroying democracy iemanja Dec 2021 #40
Ok, let's do it your way and not Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #45
fight back by ending democracy iemanja Dec 2021 #49
Why would I want DU to look bad? Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #53
Restore voting rights legislatively iemanja Dec 2021 #54
The whole purpose of this thread Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #57
It certainly isn't declaring Martial Law, which, BTW, cannot be declared on a whim. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #59
I understand that Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #60
... MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #63
What is your suggestion? Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #68
My suggestion? MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #72
I gave you mine iemanja Dec 2021 #66
Yes I dream all day and all night about Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #67
It doesn't seem to matter how often martial (not Marshall) law is explained here onenote Dec 2021 #21
Isn't what you're proposing basically what we have all been hyperventilating... SKKY Dec 2021 #43
Yes Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #48
that requires us to hold the Senate and the House in 2022 and 2024 Celerity Dec 2021 #52
What is your suggestion Celerity? Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #64
Get Sinema and Manchin to cave and accept the carve outs, if not, we are basically well fucked, Celerity Dec 2021 #69
+1. Republicans fight dirty radius777 Dec 2021 #61
Thank you radius777 Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #65
Surely Delphinus Dec 2021 #5
They're opposition is repping someone. onecaliberal Dec 2021 #9
So what's the good news here? PlanetBev Dec 2021 #8
The Executive Order applies only to the Executive branch of the Govt. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #13
Hound her in public and make her life miserable Fiendish Thingy Dec 2021 #18
Have the FBI plant evidence and blackmail her? MichMan Dec 2021 #20
Well, if she's for the Voting Act, let the POTUS explain to her... Justice matters. Dec 2021 #30
They've got to strong arm Sinema iemanja Dec 2021 #56
No. She's a traitor, playing a long game in service of a conservative religious organization. nt Roisin Ni Fiachra Dec 2021 #71
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