Without 60 votes to end debate in the Senate, neither side can control Congress. Were you sleeping during Bush's attempt to appoint federal judges and the Gang of Fourteen led by McCain?
Were you asleep while our federal debt went from $6 trillion to $10 trillion; while Bush and Congress passed the Prescription Drug Act, the biggest socialist giveaway in the last 30 years; while the Presidency became an office which can operate outside the law...?