filibuster rules in 2005. >> the ideologues in the senate want to turn what the founding fathers called the cooling saucer of democracy into the rubber stamp of dictatorship. they want to change the rules in midstream. to wash away 200 years of history. they want to make this country into a banana republic. it will be a doomsday for democracy if we do. >> dana: chuck schumer's big push is to change the filibuster rules. he is trying to create a banana republic. >> intellectual consistency with a small mind. i guess he was a big mind. first of all we're talking about joe manchin. what else did joe manchin say? he wrote an op-ed saying i oppose the partisan election law and oppose getting rid of the filibuster. they are holding the vote trying to get rid of the