Unfortunately, I think this is a tempest in a teapot. Merely having 40 or 41 Republicans in the Senate won’t guarantee anything.
The alleged “common sense, fiscal conservative” Red-state Democrats like Tim Johnson, Jon Tester, Blanche Lincoln, etc. etc. will vote for unlimited Obama spending in lockstep with Harry Reid.
But can we count on Snowe or Specter or Collins or Voinovich joining a filibuster against anything? I don’t think so.
Card check bill just went down in flames if this is true.