If the Rats pull this, they may very well see the pendulum swing as far to the right as it did to the left in 2008 and see the Republicans with filibuster proof majorities afer the 2012 election. Difference will be, Republicans will be governing with the will of the people not against it.
When/if they get that majority, they need to QUICKLY dismantle all the socialism of the last 60 years.
Kill it and drive a stake through it.