In case you haven't noticed, in case President-Elect Obama hasn't noticed, let me remind both of you that the magic filibuster-proof 60 Senator Democratic majority is still up for grabs. If Al Franken wins the recount in Minnesota and Jim Martin wins the run-off in Georgia, the Democrats can't be stymied by a Republican filibuster of initiatives like national healthcare.
In Georgia, the huge black turn-out for Obama kept Saxby Chambliss from winning what was supposed to be a fairly easy re-election. Now Saxby Chambliss has started calling himself the Firewall, the man who can single-handedly keep Democrats from pushing through any of those social programs that might benefit millions of distressed American families by making healthcare affordable or keeping them out of foreclosure.