Mainstream what now?

Karen Tumulty is beginning to sound like a dread netrootser:

If the Republicans want to filibuster, perhaps Majority Leader Harry Reid should consider the possibility of ... letting them filibuster. You know what I mean--filibuster in the old Mr.-Smith-Goes-To-Washington sense, where they actually have to come to the Senate floor and talk and talk and talk until they drop, not filibuster in the throw-up-your-hands-and-move-on sense that we see today.

Good for her. This isn't really incompatible with my crazy "shut down the government" scheme. If the Republicans really filibuster interminably, then no funds get passed. If they cave, good funds get passed. If the Democrats lose the quorum, then they can refuse to bring any more authorization bills (or, realistically, non-National Security authorization bills) to the floor.