There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster.
I will not let the patriot act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged.
You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.
The only tool the Democrats have is in the Senate, and it's the filibuster.
So I put that all together and I find it makes it hard to justify a filibuster.
The filibuster is an affront to commonly understood democratic norms, but then so is the Senate.
The next time you do a filibuster, keep walking around.
