What MIGHT Have Dems Done To Stop GOP On The Fillibuster? (title change)

[eniwetok]

68. people are attached to their state and nation

Hard core right wing extremists might look at the political benefits to the far right... but I suspect people generally are as much attached to their state and concept of the nation as they think they are to the flag and Constitution. Then there's the fear of losing military bases and ports. Cal could impose high port fees on goods being imported/exported from Cal port. Then there's the fear other left coast states might follow. And then there's the matter that unlike the Confederacy that seceded for the inhuman goal of protecting slavery... Cal WOULD have a morally just cause: civic equality in the vote and to prevent a tyranny of the minority. Part of this scenario would have to be democratic alternatives to protecting legitimate rights of small or rural states and there's no reason this can NOT be done with constitutional protections or insuring that someone from, say a farm state, didn't always chair relevant congressional committees so they could shape relevant legislation. The problem with the current arrangement should be obvious... that under the guise of protecting small state interests by giving them extra power do not LIMIT them from exercising that power in ALL areas... leading to possible government by the minority as we now see in the EC and Senate.