Remember how before the New Deal, FDR ousted all racist Democrats?

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Oh wait, that never happened. Sorry. This is just to say that certain undesirables, congresspeople most of DU rightly doesn't value, still have uses. You oust incumbent Democratic congresspeople and fail to elect replacements, suddenly any SCOTUS justice Bush wants is in, simple as that. No chance for filibuster. If the GOP uses the "nuclear option", things become different, but for right now the size of our minority is very important to maintain for a lot of people. Say, anyone who wants laws interpreted fairly for the next generation or so.