When the Democrats were in power but without a sixty vote majority, they were loud in their view that the filibuster should be ended.  I told them to be careful what they wish for.  This is why I did so, because their consensus was not permanent and was based on people who don't vote that frequently.  The current majority is based on an electoral block of older white people who believe in what FoxNews has to say and who are susceptible to campaign ads designed by neo-Birchers.  Let us not be so hasty about ending the filibuster.  ALEC has 29 state legislatures in their thrall. They are mostly small states.  Making them deal with a super-majority rule limits their impact to when they are willing to reach across the aisle (not often). Let us not add the Senate, especially while the House is firmly in the grip of the Hastert rule (which also favors right wing stupidity).