The Three Dumb Egos
A bunch of readers have asked us: What’s up with Rand Paul doing an actual filibuster this afternoon on the Senate floor? And why aren’t you guys all over it? Well, by the ironies of the modern filibuster, this one has lots of fireworks and looks like what a lot of people think a filibuster should look like. But it’s precisely because this one actually has no teeth that they’re resorting to the old fashioned system. … Thus far, he’s enlisted Sens. Lee and Cruz to assist him with short breaks. [TPM]
Actually, ignoring those three stooges seems like a wise policy. I would have been fine with that.