We live in a Republic not a Democracy

Dylan Lowe of the Huffington Post tries to make a point about cloture (60 votes needed to end debate in the US Senate)  in a post about Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL). I am not a big fan of Shelby, nor earmarks.

What Lowe misses is that our system of government is not Democracy, but a Republic intended to save us from the tyranny of the majority!