When you know you're going to lose, try to change to the rules.

Ah yes, good ol' Strom Thurmond...not only the longest filibuster but one of the longest career politicians in US history. He had a very storied past...

now mitch mcconnell is using to gain money from oil interests

Can you please explain how you use a filibuster to gain money from oil interests?

mitch mcconnell is keeping himself in power for money. every time the senate votes up a bill that could threaten his position, he uses the filibuster to talk the bill down.

You do know that the filibuster is only used by the minority party. As the Senate Majority Leader, McConnell doesn't need the filibuster to stop legislation, he can just not bring it to the floor.

You really need to do some research before you start making statements that are false.

A civics class is your friend.

it was particularly the obama administration in which mitch was most powerful with the tool.

Your statement was that Mitch McConnell was keeping himself in power by using the filibuster, which we now agree is incorrect.

Now you are saying he did it while in the minority, and not in power. You still haven't explained how McConnell used the filibuster to keep himself in power and get money. You made a statement that logically doesn't make sense and you have provided no evidence to back up that statement.

now he's got the senate on his side, he can't use it currently. however, if he maintains power next term, then he will probably need it if the senate turns blue.

"how McConnell used the filibuster to keep himself in power and get money"

he has a lot of lobbyists funding him so long as he stays in power and does what they want him to do.

You said, "he has a lot of lobbyists funding him so long as he stays in power and does what they want him to do."

Isn't that true of all politicians who take money from lobbyists and PACs? Democrats actually get more donations from corporations and PACs than the Republicans do.

So far this year Chuck Schumer personally has raised $5.5 million just from Banking, Real Estate, and Law firms alone. He is not even running for re-election this year.

https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/charles-e-schumer/industries?cid=N00001093&cycle=2020

Besides, this really has nothing to do with getting rid of the filibuster.

The filibuster was meant to force the majority party to have to negotiate with the minority party to get legislation passed. It is meant to stop one party from being too authoritarian and force a wider exchange of ideas.

The Democrats want to get rid of it because they can't sell their policies on the merits of their policies and they refuse to negotiate. We are seeing this now with the stimulus package.

Bwahaha