Daily Filibuster Clips 1.18.11

[Dave Johnson]

Passing along:

STATE NEWS

 

 

Gazette opinion: U.S. Senate needs more sunshine, fewer filibusters

Billings (MT) Gazette, January 18, 2011

Editorial

http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/editorial/gazette-opinion/article_4615989f-b78e-5332-8247-685b22789f5a.html

 

Letter: 'On Senate filibuster'

Waxahachie (TX) Daily Light, January 18, 2011

http://www.thedailylight.com/articles/2011/01/17/opinion/doc4d347b18c833c054388207.txt

 

Make senators work for their filibusters

The Sun Chronicle (MA), January 18, 2011

LTE by Daniel Grabianowski

http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2011/01/18/opinion/8707029.txt

 

Jan. 18 letters; Stand ground to reform filibusters

Times of Trenton, January 18, 2011

By Olivia Alperstein

http://www.nj.com/opinion/times/letters/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1295333144173980.xml&coll=5

 

 

NATIONAL NEWS

 

Right Turn: Morning Bits

Washington Post, January 18, 2011

By Jennifer Rubin

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-turn/2011/01/morning_bits_40.html

 

Hold the Hysterics

National Journal, January 17, 2011

By Charlie Cook

http://www.nationaljournal.com/columns/off-to-the-races/hold-the-hysterics-20110117

 

 

OPPOSITION NEWS

 

Should the Senate just be a rubber stamp?

Odessa American Online, January 18, 2011

By Bill Wilson

http://www.oaoa.com/opinion/senate-58807-stamp-jan.html

 

Obama and the center

Albany Times Union, January 18, 2011

By Jennifer Rubin

http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Obama-and-the-center-961815.php