Filibuster Time

Now he gets a little starch in his shorts! After a year of allowing Republicans to filibuster every bill offered by merely declaring their intent, Harry Reid has now decided that he's going to demand real filibusters from obstructionist senators. How disappointing is this? Especially so when you see that the target of this new rule is none other than Chris Dodd. I sure would like to see Mr. Reid explain how this makes sense for the goals of the Democrats.

What I would really like to see would be Clinton and Obama make an appearance in the Senate and stand together with Dodd on his filibuster of the FISA bill. Not that I think these two will leave the campaign trail but it would be nice. It would be great to see one or both of them showing some real leadership on this.