Without a "friendly" drive by press, arousing public opinion to shut down a wrong headed Senate without it being "veto proof" , is near impossible. The (R)'s have not yet learned how to piggyback on the only "friendly" press they have, independent "Talk Radio" . So they have FAILED to protect the public and the economy as they should have. They just don't fight "the good fight" and "save" their "good will" for the "critical" issues.
Unfortunately, the really critical items are frequently lost in the "ground clutter" of daily politics.