In the thread I just mentioned someone asked if I thought it was “proper” for the Democratic Senators  to “flee the state” , and I responded with this:

While I personally don’t beleive that parliamentary procedures like quorum breaks and filibustering are improper (tho, I would rather see filibusterers having to actually speak for their time), I can understand why some folks would view those procedures as abusive.

Is there even a purpose for having a quorum? Do you beleive we should do away with the rules/laws in regards to the State House having a certain quorum in order to conduct business?

If you haven’t already thought about it, then please ask yourself: Why do we have quorums?

Answer that question, and then perhaps you’ll better understand why so many of us support the Democratic 14 for what they did.

Althouse has a post about how some Republicans in Wisconsin are urging their party members to write-in Walker in the Democratic primary for the upcoming recall election. I had this to say in the comments:

Given the amount of dirty tricks (and flat-out violent attacks) that Walker supporters have already engaged in, it is no surprise that some of ‘em are openly advocating for this type of nonsense.

If ya’ll are so sure that most people in Wisconsin truly do support Walker, then why the need for this type of cheating?

 

Entire post and thread (including more comments from moi!) can be found here.