Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), an institutionalist in the Senate, said Thursday that she would vote to reform the filibuster if it’s necessary to pass abortion protections.
Good for Senator Feinstein. Now let’s make Manchinema irrelevant.
I am sorry, Senator Feinstein, but it’s time. Please.
Kate Riga:
Thanks for doing this work.
Getting our Senators on the record will be key to move Roe codification forward.
Thought: Could you take this Feinstein quote and read it back to Sinema’s staff?
Asking what the JUNIOR Senator from AZ knows that the Senior Senator from CA doesn’t?
Cheers!
Way to go, TPM! Pinning down the Senators who have been reflexively trying to weasel out of commitment to their voters on this is definitely the winning strategy.
All well and good, but if Feinstein wants my approval she will have to resign.
Call me a cynic, but “there should be no question that I will vote…” is not the same as “I will vote…”
Meanwhile, it’s time for Feinstein to retire. It’s imperative that the person appointed to finish Feinstein’s term will commit to these important votes.
Ahem
Shockingly enough, Sinema is the senior Senator from Arizona. She’s been in the position since 2019, and Mark Kelly only since 2020.
Senator, we appreciate the effort, but wouldn’t you enjoy retiring to spend time with your family?
I remind folks there were 48 votes to change the filibuster rule for voting rights. There will be 50 votes to change the filibuster threshold from 60 votes to 50 + 1(VP) for codifying Roe, gun control, S1/John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and DC/PR statehood. All we have to do is vote.
Since the Dobbs leak, the Dems have been in a tie to -1 with the GOP in the generic ballot. Since the Dobss decision, the Dems have been ahead by 1-2 points in the generic ballot. Our at risk Senate incumbents appear to be polling fairly well. Our challengers in PA, OH and NC are also polling well. Ron Johnson is vulnerable in WI. Let’s focus on winning the midterms. The key to a clear, if not decisive, win will be getting white women to shift from +5 Trump closer to the 49-49 tie Dems achieved in '18. If we do that, we’d probably win the generic ballot by 4-7 points (depending on how we do with white men, relative turnout etc.). If we were to win the white female vote outright, that would usher in a sea change in US politics. I’d pretty much bet that the GOP would fold on abortion and allow Roe to be codified.
Is an institutionalist like not liking the DH in baseball?
She looks so frail. Voluntary or forced retirement seems imminent.
…and in 2025, one way or another she’ll be the former senator from arizona. Though I expect she’ll retire to someplace more hospitable, like K Street.
Sinema’s already on record.
The future is guys like Fetterman, Barnes (knock on wood/don’t want to jinx), Ryan (same as Barnes), etc.
Cynic! Stop being entirely correct! 
It’s more like not liking robot umpires to call balls and strikes.
Yep. Ya don’t ASK, ya don’t GET!! 
Fuck yes. Once again, I am reminded of FDR’s (paraphrased): “You want me to do it. I want to do it. Now make me do it.”
Googling ‘Punic war battles, Hannibal’, because