WANTED (DESPERATELY!): SIX SENSIBLE REPUBLICANS

Assault on the filibuster:

Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell explained it very clearly early this month in a response to Bush's weekly radio address.

"The president's veto power is a check on Congress. The Senate's power to confirm or reject judicial nominations balances the president's authority to nominate them. Our system of checks and balances is in place for a very good reason: it works. It protects all Americans, those in small as well as large states," Mitchell said.