The Democratic Party said two years ago that the filibuster was nothing better than an evil relic of the racist Jim Crow era. But last week, Democrats fell in love with it again, seeing it as a vital tool for protecting minority rights. Elections and the transfer of power make such a difference.

Where once the far-left activist base of the Democratic Party ran independent Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin out of the caucus because they failed to vote with every other Senate Democrat to end the filibuster, now the same activists demand Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) be ousted, calling for him to be challenged in a primary election because he refused to use the once-racist filibuster.