If Judd Gregg resigns from the Senate, you have got 59 Senate Democrats right now. All of a sudden, if that governor appoints another Democratic, you have got the magic number of 60 Senate Democrats, enough to break filibusters, to put off debates, something Democrats have been desperately trying to do, so they can push through more of this president's agenda.
Reid discusses the potential impact of Judd Gregg's resignation from the Senate on the Democratic majority.
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If we have the will, we have the opportunity to improve the lives of millions of families and build something more prosperous for generations to come.
The country is better off having a real democracy, not a fake democracy. Sixty percent is not a democracy.
But the purpose of politics that Harry Reid understood very well is to get stuff done.
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