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MADDOW:
"This is cracking heads time in the Democratic Party right now. This is arm-twisting, vote-counting, "are you a real Dem" time for the proponents of health reform."

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Maddow Blockbuster: "This is Cracking Heads Time"
by MeMeMeMeMe
Wed Oct 07, 2009 at 10:20:31 PM PDT

At the very top of the show she announced:

We can report exclusively tonight, that two major power brokers on the left have told MSNBC that they are encouraging a Senate strategy now, in which the leadership would revoke chairmanships and other leadership positions from any Democrat who sides with a Republican filibuster to block a vote on health reform.

Who might these "major power brokers" be? Maddow wouldn't reveal her sources, but my judgment, having watched her show a lot, is that she's generally not the type to tease this sort of thing lightly. If she says she's got sources, she's got them.

She goes on:

Regardless of how individual senators would vote ultimately on the bill, committee chairmen or subcommittee chairmen who allowed Republicans to force a 60-vote requirement for passing health care...under this type of strategy would be in danger of losing their chairmanships.

more plus video:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/10/8/790858/-Maddow-Blockbuster:-This-is-Cracking-Heads-Time