The House GOP fires its only shot over and over and over again
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The Minnesota House has just entered hour six in a debate that no one is really paying attention to (except for the politicos who are taking note of the bad votes for 2008). The debate is over House rules. Don't get me wrong, it's important to set the rules for the body but there aren't too many people out there who understand the rules or care.
There have been 22 amendments offered on the House floor at this point. One was offered by a DFLer. The others by the GOP.
The House GOP has been weakened in the past election (49 votes if you include Mark Olson who was booted out of the GOP caucus) so they know they don't have the votes to defeat or change any policies. Their strategy may be to run a "four corners offense" with the hopes that the House doesn't look like it's doing anything. It will be interesting to see how DFL leaders handle the delay tactics as the clock ticks toward the end of session.
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