[Keith in Iowa]

>>Given what the author of this fine piece has written, what would you have suggested the leadership have done?

I would suggest that they should make the Demonrats fillibuster 24-7 - see if any of them have it in them to break the late Strom Thurmond's record for a fillibuster. And the sheeple might then get a chance to see the Demonrats for the weapons of mass obstruction that they are. But Frist and his merry band of political eunuchs won't go there, because it might make them look too partisan.

[MEG33]

Read the article to see why the 24/7 filibuster benefits the minority.

[Paulus Invictus]

Your answer is not a winner. The Pubs could have gone 24/7, but would have had to have fielded a quorum of Pubbies to be there at all times, while the RATS could have sent only one member to be present while the filibuster went on. Which party would have had to fold their tents first, the Pubs or the RATS? That's an easy answer as the RATS would have been able to hold out indefinitely. So, what else could the Pubs have done?