Why Don't They Make the GOP Filibuster?

Ezra Klein explains via an interview with an expert, political scientist Greg Koger, that the Dems won't force the GOP to filibuster because they'll never win and because the rules are more onerous for the majority than the minority. However, toward the end this post Koger gets to why I think they should make the Repugs do it:

The benefit to the majority can be that public attention focuses. They know the bill is there and they know the Republicans are blocking it. That becomes the basis for news coverage. When will the bill be done? What's going on today? In that sense, you can win.

I strongly think that forcing the GOP to stand up and block the financial reform bill will embarrass them immensely leading to ultimate victory on the bill and possibly November.