The Republicans spearheading this anti-filibuster route are just bastards. There's nothing more to it than that.
Without the ability for a filibuster, we might as well just tell the minority party to go home and stop wasting tax payer money because their vote doesn't count anymore.
Now, if it were the case that every action, or nearly every action was being blocked by a filibuster - then and only then would there be justification for changes to filibuster rules. But as has been demonstrated, 95% of Bush's judicial nominations have not been met with a filibuster. It is a clear cut case that the Republicans who would like to see the filibuster eliminated are in direct opposition to democracy - they simply don't want to have to deal with the reality of a non-exclusive right to make decisions. They are bastards.
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