Warren: It's Democrats' duty to change the filibuster rules

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62. Maybe it should be required to demonstrate obstruction

before eliminating the filibuster. In this case, and for the past 5 years, it has been nothing but obstruction, so the rule should indeed be changed. When there's a new Congress, maybe the rule should reset each time, I dunno.

If it was written to reasonable criteria, I'm pretty sure Dems would never obstruct enough for a future Republican Senate majority (it will happen sooner or later) to invoke it, Dems rarely filibuster, plus as it is now, if Republicans get the Senate, they can change the rule on the slightest provocation, no generally agreed-on standard of obstruction would have to be met.

Obama isn't going to be president forever, and you never know who will have a majority in the Senate either. A push for a permanent change, nearly 5 years into his presidency, with a tight Senate election (I guess about a third of the seats turn over?) next year is a little scary to me. Thus the musings on an obstruction trigger.