Matthew Yglesias is right: now is the right time to put the filibuster to rest. After this last congressional term it has finally matured from being something to use only in "extreme" circumstances to the default response to any bill you don't support, making 60 votes the new normal threshold for bills to pass. As such it is a critical threat to the proper functioning of our government.
As Yglesias says, now is the perfect time to get rid of it. With John Boehner becoming speaker, there is no chance that it will be "needed" to block the legislation of the Obama administration. Actually, getting rid of it is now as likely to bite Democrats on the ass as Republicans (which is why it won't get eliminated, more's the pity).
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