Please remember that the GOP said filibustering a SCOTUS nominee for 4 years is perfectly fine.

[DetlefK]

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/12/6/1607621/-Filibuster-the-Supreme-Court-for-four-years-because-of-same-reasons-conservatives-used

So, when the GOP starts crying "obstructionists", the Democrats should issue a public thank you-note to Ted Cruz, the Heritage Foundation and the National Review for floating that idea in the first place.

[MFM008]

1. Yes

Exactly.

[okieinpain]

2. exactly, because it needs to be the will of the people

well hillary clinton got the most votes so to me that is the will of the people. fillibuster that shit till 2020.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Democrats to give Trump Cabinet picks the Garland treatment

Delay tactics could sap momentum from the president's first 100 days. 'What goes around comes around,' one lawmaker says.

Democrats argue that some of the president-elect’s more controversial Cabinet picks — such as Jeff Sessions for attorney general and Steven Mnuchin for treasury secretary — demand a thorough public airing.

“They’ve been rewarded for stealing a Supreme Court justice. We’re going to help them confirm their nominees, many of whom are disqualified?” fumed Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). “It’s not obstruction, it’s not partisan, it’s just a duty to find out what they’d do in these jobs.”

Senate Democrats can’t block Trump’s appointments, which in all but one case need only 51 votes for confirmation.
But they can turn the confirmation process into a slog.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-cabinet-democrats-senate-232136

[CousinIT]

4. They need to give Trump's USSC picks the Garland treatment too. n/t

[NewJeffCT]

5. I don't think Democrats have the spine

to continually filibuster for 4 years on end.

[vkkv]

6. The people spoke - HRC with 2.5 million more votes. GOP'sters did not say let the Electoral College

speak.

[0rganism]

7. let's see what the new congress does to the filibuster, eh?

the rules vote will probably establish some pretty tough restrictions on filibustering presidential nominees

[barbtries]

8. we don't have the numbers

to obstruct. we are well and truly fucked.

correct me if i'm wrong about this i would be happy to learn it

[Equinox Moon]

9. I wish our Dems would do what it takes to keep America recognizable.

[elmac]

10. The Dems better damn well fight the blonde Hitler

at every turn or they will be done as a party forever.

[SunSeeker]

11. Exactly!