Interesting read.
Instead of simply getting rid of filibustering judicial appointments, how about getting rid of the filibuster altogether? That way, when the Republicans STILL aren't getting anything done, they can't blame it on those powerful minority Democrats.
What the republicans need to do is force the Democrats into a real filibuster as it carried out in the old days.
Back then, unlimited debate would mean that the Senator was forced to talk non-stop until he physically dropped. When he ran out of things to say, he could read names out of the phone book.
Such a spectacle would play great on TV but the Republicans can't seem to be bothered to bring their sleeping bags to the Senate floor to tough it out as long as it takes to be read to vote when Ted Kennedy keels over.