A majority of the electorate voted for Republican Senatorial candidates. Yet despite the will of the people having been expressed at the ballot box the electorate is being spat upon by the likes of Sen. Leahy and Sen. Kennedy et al through the use of this totalitarian tactic.
Dump the filibuster - there are enough checks and balances already.
No Senate or House rules should ever trump the priciple of vote man - one vote.