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I figure that, whatever changes--deemed to be not-so-good--made by the republican majority right now will just be reversed and corrected (possibly to a not-so-good on the other end of the spectrum) when the dems have the majority again. And in time, they average each other out for a generally moderate, centerist position.
I think you are far too optimistic at this point in the game. These kinds of rule changes (don't forget what Delay has already done with stacking committees) and the stacking of the courts with ultra right judges will have a profound effect on the two party system. The sole purpose of the proposed changes to senate rules concerning filibusters is to effectively close the door to any last challenge that the Democratic party will ever have to stacking the deck or passing bills that are just plain ultra right. In other words it will be the end of the two party system as we know it for a long, long time, at least until the people finally wake up and realize they are loosing the battle of saving their own environment and their freedom of choice. Now for the Republicans (who are masquerading as conservatives but hell bent on wasting what is left of our environment and resources for the sake of profit and at the same time eliminating our free choices) this is a wonderful plan, considering how they hate the poor and the non-Christians, but for the country it means we have allowed the country to slip into one party rule, monotheism and the destruction of the balance of power that we now enjoy.