Good Senate News
Take a look at this chart, from 538, which shows the odds of the Democrats taking back the Senate:
And note that the Democrats have been above 50% essentially since August. If Democrats just get out and vote, we should be in good shape here.
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Hillary herself does get it, though. That's why she's been campaigning in some states she's unlikely to win -- trying to help Senate candidates.
Two, once it is done away with, it is unlikely the majority party would reinstatement it, but the dems should do what the people want and retain control of the senate.
Three, are you happy with the status quo?
last I looked, the Democrats have currently flipped 3 maybe 4 states, meaning we're at a 50-50 tie between Dem/Progressive vs. GOP Senate control.
We REALLY NEED voter turnout for the Democratic Senate candidates in key states: NH, FL, IL, WI, NV, and AZ. I'd like to see the GA and IA Senate seats flip but I'm seeing bad polling numbers for them :(
Now that the (D)'s have a large swatch of people motivated (for whatever reason) to turn out, they need to keep them engaged. 2018 and 2020 are going to be critical in seeing if we can fix the gerrymandering which put the (R)'s in positions which voting obviously didn't favor, but the maps they made did. If they can get that done, then the House can be brought back to working condition again, instead of a three way split between the (R)'s, the Tea-Party, and the (D)'s. Showing the government of the people is actually working for the people would go a long way in keeping new voters support.
I do fear eliminating the filibuster in the Senate, but he (R)'s have plainly shown they don't want to allow the proper operation of the government, unless it is on their terms. The (D)'s have bent over backwards in the past to try to get some support from the other side, but all they've gotten was burned. I say go ahead and get rid of the judicial filibuster - fill the ranks of the judiciary which have been left empty for far too long. Also, too, they should fulfill the conservatives worst fear, and put young, progressive people on any new vacancies in the Supreme Court, which will start putting paid to the bill of grievances they have accumulated.