November 27, 2006
Texas Republicans should totally listen to Dan Patrick
The Chronicle (not THAT one, the good one) has a story up about the incoming 80th Lege and the Senate. The Democrats now have the ability to block legislation from even reaching the floor because of the two-thirds rule. Some Republicans (I'm looking at you Dan Patrick) think they should use their majority to override Senate tradition and eliminate the two-thirds rule.
But Patrick said the power of the Democratic bloc can be broken just by changing the Senate rules. There are 20 Republican senators, and only 16 are needed to eliminate the two-thirds rule."I'm hearing some Republicans say we've got to move to the middle. If we do that, the Republican Party will be destroyed in Texas," Patrick said.
PLEASE, Republicans, listen to Dan. It'll make 2008 and 2010 so much easier! Of course, I leave it to you to figure out for whom.
(hat tip to PinkDome)
Posted by mcblogger at November 27, 2006 04:08 PM
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