Use it or lose it

There’s growing evidence that the gridlock in Congress is not making people very happy with Congress. There’s also clear evidence that a majority of Americans support universal health care, and a substantial percentage of doctors would even go as far as supporting single payer health care. So what can we do? Markos at dailyKos argues for getting rid of the filibuster. Maybe. But in the meantime, why not use the majority the Dems already have in Congress to at least RISK a filibuster? As the t-shirts that my partner made say, “51 is a majority: Use it or lose it!”