For my entire adult life, I’ve opposed ending the filibuster. It’s the only thing that prevents tyranny of the majority on Capitol Hill. If Democrats had been able to end the filibuster in Joe Biden’s first couple of years, they would currently still control the House and Senate, the Supreme Court would have added four leftist Justices, and Kamala Harris would be President.
In the last week, I’ve come around to accepting, begrudgingly, that John Thune and the Senate Republicans must end the filibuster now. The reasoning is simple but sad. The next time Democrats have control of the Senate, they won’t have Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin holding them back. They WILL remove the filibuster and begin a permanent reign of terror that would destroy the nation before Republicans could ever regain power. The only way to stop them is to end the filibuster, end the shutdown, and start passing legislation over the next year that prevents our nation’s demise.
No, keep the filibuster and let the shutdown drag on. It will go away when the dims open their eyes and see the whole picture.