Either outcome is superior to the current situation.
Filibusters make noise. Democrat senators have to go on record. If a filibuster fails, then Obama has to go on record. If he vetoes a popular bill, it just helps drag the Democrat Party down.
And then there's the fact that the filibuster is not in the Constitution. It is just a creature of Senate rules, and the Senate can change its rules, as Dingy Harry has shown.
Filibusters haven't hurt the GOP with their base, I doubt they'll hurt the Democrats with their's.
If a filibuster fails, then Obama has to go on record.
It takes 60 votes for cloture. The odds of getting the 8 or 9 Democrats to vote to end the filibuster would depend on the issue but is highly unlikely.
Other than comparatively minor issues like Keystone pipeline or the Medical Equipment Tax I cannot think of a thing on that list of 11 that the two sides would work together on that could generate a filibuster-proof majority. Or anything not on the list of 11. Can you?
And then there's the fact that the filibuster is not in the Constitution. It is just a creature of Senate rules, and the Senate can change its rules, as Dingy Harry has shown.
Having screamed bloody murder when Reid forced through the change on appointments I can't see McConnell and the Republicans dropping the filibuster altogether or weakening it further.