Outspoken MEP Daniel Hannan summed up the day's political machinations rather aptly
Did I hear that properly? Obama doesn't like how the US Constitution works, because it's getting in his way?
— Daniel Hannan (@DanHannanMEP) November 21, 2013 [3]
Of course, as is the "rule" it would seem in US politics, what one has said in the past is irrelevant compared to what one needs now...
As a Senator in 2005, Pres Obama opposed changing the filibuster rule. WH says GOP use of filibuster as a tactic is worse now.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 21, 2013 [4]
But back to Daniel to explain...
The US Senate was designed precisely to be a brake on transient majorities. Delay isn't an abuse of its function; it *is* its function.
— Daniel Hannan (@DanHannanMEP) November 21, 2013 [5]