Re: "Tyranny of the minority"
It's interesting to note that the words "tyranny of the minority" only escape Democratic lips when they're not the minority. When they are, it's a whole different story.
It's fun to watch as power shifts back and forth in places like the Senate, and Democratic "principles" on things like the filibuster snap 180 degrees. Here's a news video from 2005. Then "tyranny of the minority" was "the last bastion against the abuse of power."
"Does this give us more power? Then it's true."
The only fundamental principle of the modern Democratic Party.