“What good has the 60 vote cloture rule done us? Have Republicans ever been able to use the filibuster to stop any disastrous Dem legislation?”
Actually, yes. It saved us from Hillarycare in 1993, and bought us 20 years of top-notch health care. It also forced Obamacare to be so screwed up that it’s on its deathbed.
Where it hasn’t helped is with the Supreme Court, but we’ve already put an end to that issue.
I don't believe that ClintonCare was ever up for a vote in either chamber of Congress, despite the fact that the Dems then controlled both houses.