Surprise: Dem efforts to end the filibuster already starting to fizzle

“Most people don’t want to do it,” said California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. “I wouldn’t waste time on process. I would spend more time on bringing about goodwill.”

“I wouldn’t get any rules changes right now,” said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus. “You’ve got to really think through things like that.”…

“All this talk of getting rid of it is always just posturing,” said former Senate Parliamentarian Robert Dove, who gives Democrats “zero” chance of substantially reforming the filibuster now…

“Basically, they are trying to run it like the House of Representatives,” New Hampshire Republican Sen. Judd Gregg said of the Democrats. “If these guys wanted to be in the House of Representatives, they should have run for the House of Representatives.”