I am a Democrat. I believe in equal rights for everyone. I most certainly believe in a woman's power over her reproductive system. I believe in progressive income tax and think there should be a minimum of 50% take on incomes over a million bucks. I believe in strong labor laws that equalize the playing field between labor and management. I believe in very strong financial regulatory system. I believe in Keynesian economics. I believe the economics part of the above built the greatest middle class in history.
The reality is that we are in a fight for policies. The filibuster is not a way to protect the minority but to protect the status quo. We either believe in what we stand for or we do not. The flip side is that we believe that the Republican policies do not work in the real world. The fear is that if we lose the filibuster they will be able to ram their policies down our throat. So what? Their policies do not work and they will lose the next election. If by some miracle we win the Senate and the House next year we should completely get rid of the filibuster and proceed to govern as Democrats putting our ideas to work. It will be time to put up or shut up.