For one, how about forcing a REAL filibuster? Our side wasn't even willing to work overtime for this stuff. And then instead of spewing all sorts of inane nonsense about discrimination against hispanics, how about drawing a line in the sand and go ahead and HAVE the debate. Let it take a year, and truly, honestly debate. Till the entire world is sick of it. Don't let up. Make the case. Have the debate. That's what the Senate is for. Instead, at the slightest inconvenience, our side folds like rental chairs. The Dems have been able to win a lot of ground without even firing a real shot.
There's a reason why U.S. Senators are usually such terrible Presidential candidates. It's because there is more testosterone in a typical kindergarten class than in the entire U.S. Senate.