Oh, Start Talking.

Well, the majority leader of the Senate, Harry Reid, finally stated he made a mistake. He now realizes he should have changed the rules on filibusters when he had the chance.  See, the original purpose of the filibuster was to allow a minority party to at least have some say on what becomes law. It was supposed to be a way to protect the minority in the country from the majority. At least in the Senate. In fact what it's become is a way for the minority to pretty much control the Senate. That was never intended. The majority is supposed to rule with only a small measure to protect a minority. It has become a mockery. Right now, the Democrat party holds the majority, but that could change, back and forth, at any given election. It's almost to the point that it doesn't matter who's in the majority, nobody can accomplish even the slightest bit of governance. Here's the thing. The majority party in the Senate gets to choose what legislation it will consider. So the minority can't propose any legislation without approval of the majority. But the Majority can't propose any legislation if any member of the Senate says he or she will filibuster it, which someone does on nearly every single piece of legislation. And the thing is, that Senator doesn't actually have to filibuster, just say he will. Now let me say here and now, that you could change parties back and forth and this would still be happening. So what's involved with an actual filibuster? Talk. That's right, all they have to do is talk, on the floor of the Senate. But they can't stop talking. If they do, the filibuster is over and the Senate can then vote. All Reid had to do was require that you actually had to follow the rules and do the talking. Nobody wants to try talking for a couple of days, and nights, straight. That's why they changed the rules in the first place.