A few months back, I started to look at this, but butted up against the problem of not really knowing the rules too good.
That's a work in progress - but it did occur to me to float one way that the GOP might approach minority status in (let's suppose) both houses of the 110th.
Naturally, the ¡No pasarán! strategy is open to them: clearly, the Dems are not going to get any legislation enacted over Bush's veto; and they're unlikely to be able to defeat a properly managed filibuster.
But there are costs to being in-your-face obstructive - the do nothing tag reworked - that, no doubt, the GOP would rather avoid, if possible.
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