the buckley rule, charles crowdhammer in the washington posted, tuesday in delaware was a bad day not only for republicans, but conservatives. tea party christine o'donnell scored a stunning victory over establishment republican mike castle. the very people who most alerted the country to the perils of president obama's social democratic agenda have just made it impossible for republicans to retake the senate and stop that agenda. bill buckley, no mike castle. he had a rule, support the most conservative candidate who is electable. crowdhammer doesn't believe that happened obviously. i don't. i don't know a lot of people, chris hayes, who do. >> i would disagree with one thing n. the wonderful era -- i say wonderful sarcastically. in the era of the institutionalized filibuster, how big a difference? obviously the committee chairs make a difference. to stop an agenda, what's the difference between 52 and 53? honestly i think if i were sitting in pat's seat there with