This is insane!
We cannot, simply cannot terminate filibusters. I understand they are bad for our side these days as Democrats are likely to use them to block Republican legislation.
Nevertheless, we must keep in mind that Congress whether it is controlled by Republicans or Democrats, remains a part of government. Government cannot be trusted and our democratic system is meant to be slow and often inefficient.
Furthermore, what will happen if Democrats take back control of the Senate either next year or in '08?
It seems our Republican elected officials have become drunk with power.
We've never tried to block judicial appointments with only 41 votes before. Lots of Bill Clinton's judicial appointments were approved. I don't know why we would care very much if the filibuster was taken away for those. It's not doing us any good being there.
There has never been a filibuster of an appointment of a Federal Judge. Noone is talking about altering the Constitution, only a minor rules change.
Relax, take a deep breath.
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Chill. No one's talking about ending the filibuster.