They need to bring back the "old rules" of the filibuster. You can filibuster as long as you talk. When the talk ends, the vote can proceed. It would make for great commercials if the democrats want to talk for 24/7 on anything and it would at least require an effort. Today, they do not even have to do that...
I thought that this still was the rule. I have never heard of it being changed. I think what has happened is that the Rats threaten to filibuster a nominee, so the Republicans cave and allow the nominee to go without a vote. If I'm write, what they should do is force the Rats to go ahead and tie up all Senate business with their filibuster. Let's see how many more seats we can pick up in '06 if they do that.
A democRAT filibuster of that type would make great C-SPAN video and late evening news, and we wouldn't have to change a thing -- just bring back the original concept.
That should really help the Republican in the next election and would make great campaign commercial footage. Maybe good enough for 70 Senate seats.