Explaining why he supports Senate Democrats' decision to change filibuster rules today, President Obama
said the recent level of obstruction from the chamber's minority party "just isn't normal." "A deliberate and
determined effort to obstruct everything, no matter what the merits, just to re-fight the results of an election
is not normal, and for the sake of future generations, it cannot become normal," he said today.

said the recent level of obstruction from the chamber's minority party "just isn't normal." "A deliberate and
determined effort to obstruct everything, no matter what the merits, just to re-fight the results of an election
is not normal, and for the sake of future generations, it cannot become normal," he said today.
