
Susan Page @SusanPage
The difference is: Then Democrats went from 60 senators to 59. Which is a Milky-Way-sized distance from 50. (OTOH, it did prompt Democrats to make compromises previously thought impossible.) — PolitiTweet.org
David Axelrod @davidaxelrod
When Dems lost a special election in 2010 for Ted Kennedy’s senate seat—and with it, a filibuster-proof majority—th… https://t.co/TG2PiZ4YR1