[sickoflibs]

The current filibuster protects moderates of both parties (purple states) when the opposite party controls the Senate. They have the most to lose if the Senate changes hands to the other side once the filibuster is gone.

Who ever controls the Senate can put up bills to kill the moderates of the opposite party and the current filibuster allows easy blocking of most bills without votes.

Get this, tonight I heard Bernie Sanders call gutting the filibuster ‘the constitutional option’
But that is exactly what Levin called it when he demanded the R Senate do it for judges in 2006. Its in his book on Judges

[srmorton]

On Special Report tonight Bret mentioned that one possible change might be that the Senators would actually have to be present on the Senate floor during the filibuster. I think that this would be a good change and is as it should be. Had this been the case during the Bush years, it would have been much more difficult for the Democrats to block some very fine judges, such as Miguel Estrada.

[Flavious_Maximus]

Levin is NOT calling for the GOP Senators to filibuster the Obama nominees. He wants the confirmation process to proceed. The problem is that Obama is appointing them by executive fiat (think all the Czars) without the consent of the Senate.