It is our time to act. I am sure this has been diaried before, but I want to make sure people see this notice and act on it. The democratic war room sent along an Email asking for everyone to chime in on their thoughts about the nuclear option. After the fold is what I wrote....
Our Founding Fathers were very suspicious of majority rule and purposely put in strong checks on any power to protect against the tyranny of the majority. The Senate now stands at an important historical vertex; Do we uphold tradition and reject this blatent, and illegal power grab or do we proceed down a very dangerous path that leads to dubious ends? Along one path the possibility for reconciliation and working together to confront the real and looming problems our country faces is possible. Along the other we diminish our democracy and take the first steps toward totalitarian rule. Is this what America stands for? The world is watching Senators and you stand at the edge of a cliff. Please don't jump off. Support the filibuster.
If people want to add their two cents go to.
http://democrats.senate.gov/filibuster-form.cfm
Do your part everyone, this is critical to our democracy.