We should have beaten them to the punch and eliminated the filibuster ourselves back when Republicans controlled the Senate by healthy margins. If so, we could stacked the courts with Bush nominees and rammed through the “Drill Baby Drill” laws that would have allowed oil exploration in ANWAR and offshore and other conservative legislation. However our good “buddies” McCain would never allow it, saying it was unfair to the democrats would NEVER resort to such petty tactics if they were in charge....
On the second one Obama has set a precedent where a GOP POTUS (if one could be elected) could by order allow oil companies to drill and to suspend the capital gains and estate taxes.
Just by order nullify parts of any law they want with an POTUS order.