When I read the full story I find that Harry Reid opposes Kerry on this, and could reasonably be described as "cringeing." He is the only cringer in the article. I also learn that other Senate Democrats, speaking anonymously, say that the caucus decided against supporting a filibuster Wednesday, but that Durbin is supporting Kerry.

The real crime of the Times here is that it uses "Democrats" when it means "Democratic Senators." If you asked Kirkpatrick I'm sure that he would agree that the Democrats on DailyKos (cited in the story) and in activist groups strongly support the filibuster. But to the reader, there are only 44 "Democrats" and they all live in Washington DC.