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But every time we lament that or look at that possibility, were really looking away from how ugly it already is. >> cant imagine a scenario where if republicans controlled the white house, the senate and the house, that they would let the filibuster stand in the way of accomplishing huge things like the ryan budget. they demand it and cave in a moment and they would be happy to change the rules. i dont see a scenario. unlike carl levin, i would say i dont see a scenario where this filibuster cha...

The history in this was, a few weeks ago, we started hearing rumblings this might happen, i assumed, all right, democrats will make their threat and at the last minute there will be some kind of deal, the filibuster will be safe. and it just didnt happen this time. and it was almost as if, know, republicans were saying, yeah, you know, were sick of this too. >> it was a win-win. as you say they dont make the tough votes anymore there was nobody -- there isnt an institutional center anymore. ther...

>> you cant have anything but respect for the fact theyre willing to talk about, the fact they have a gay daughter. >> that debate, liz cheney, sitting in the crowd, reportedly stuck her tongue out at edwards as he invoked her sister to score political points. nine years late ir, guess who is scoring political points on the same issue today? >> you talked about your position against same sex marriage. your sister mary who is married to a woman, put out this post. she said, for the record, i love...

Washington bureau chief for american urban radio net works and our resident former governor back at the table, democrat from montana, brian schweitzer. thank you for being here. april, ill start with you. youre covering washington, you must notice this disconnect, when you see the coverage out of washington over health care or anything else and you start looking around the rest of the country, what is the difference that makes things work in state houses that doesnt work on capitol hill? >> the ...

The frustration that obama had in getting the people through could come up again. the other issue that levin raises there, the hard won protections and benefits for health and welfare, being endangered, what hes talking about there is the idea of republicans getting the white house, president chris christie, january 2017, senate majority lead, i dont know, rand paul, whoever it is going to be, and they decide, you know what, were going to do away with the filibuster by simple majority vote on al...

And tangible and effective. >> senator, i want to ask you what do you make of the mood in the senate now with regard to this issue and how do you think the presidents announcement and the announcement of this interim deal would affect what is happening on the armed services committee, the efforts by some to impose some new sanctions. will this move it in that direction or is there a doubt in your mind that the senate might go along with this deal? >> i think is hope as there should be that this ...

Matthew shepherd case in wyoming and i think what were seeing here is -- in this particular case, is -- this is the problem with the republican party right now. and it is all about primaries and it is all about how do you deal with the most extreme elements of that party. so from a democratic perspective, there is a lot of good -- going on. but it is really sad. you hate to see this with the family, particularly again when they have been so receptive to marys lifestyle. >> they threaded that nee...

Positive. the skeptics, i think, kind of stun me in a way. first of all, that they would like senator cornyn would try to make some kind of political issue out of this, and that this is a major accomplishment, and, you know, for the idea that were going to be inspecting these facilities on a daily basis now will finally figure out what the iranian -- theyll be closer to figuring out what the iranians have going. there is a lot of intelligence out there that says they dont have any intention to b...