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IT'S ALMOST TIME

by susanhu
Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 04:31:25 PM EST

The two No. Dakota senators, Landrieu, Cantwell (!), Olympia Snowe, Rockefeller .. haven't committed yet. The current total is 57 Yes / 37 No. So close. (Carl Levin is also critical, as is Jay Rockefeller who hasn't even told his staff. Bingaman too.)

Use this new thread for Judiciary chair Alren Specter's speech, the closing majority/minority speeches (Frist/Reid) and the vote count (for which i need your help).

Update [2006-1-30 16:33:52 by susanhu]: "Chafee to NARAL: Screw You," by georgia10. (That oughta give NARAL pause about supporting Republicans in the future.)

TED KENNEDY, at the conclusion of his speech, predicts the GOP won't get cloture. (And I just heard that Tom Harkin is abstaining .. damndest thing.)

IT'S ALMOST TIME | 120 comments (120 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Frist (4.00 / 3)

is bitching about filibusters stopping the Senate's business. HEY, YOU FREAK! YOUR OWN REPUBLICAN SENATORS THREATENED TO FILIBUSTER HARRIET MIERS!!!!!!!!!!!

just had to get that off my chest.

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit - Octavio Paz / Latino Político

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail dot com) on Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 04:42:47 PM EST

PLEASE (4.00 / 3)

PLEASE PLEASE. It just ocurred to me that Frist will have to vote No on cloture if we get enough votes. I would give ANYTHING to make him shove that tally right up his...

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit - Octavio Paz / Latino Político

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail dot com) on Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 04:47:27 PM EST

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Hey, you're right! Then we could say he was for cloture before he was against cloture before he was for it. * snicker *

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Our Man In Redmond is now Omir the Storyteller

by Our Man in Redmond (omir.the.storyteller -DORT- gmail -ART- com) on Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 04:49:29 PM EST
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Salazar, aye.

We lost.

by BooMan on Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 05:03:23 PM EST

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You are witnessing the death of the Democratic Party here folks. Let's start a new party at the SOCal meetup!!!!! Anyone else in?

Frodo failed...Bush has got the ring.

by alohaleezy on Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 05:09:25 PM EST

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Coming from you leezy, that's a strong statement. I know you kept the faith with the party longer than most of us.

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 05:10:58 PM EST
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You know, for a very long time I have said that we really need to take control of the Democratic party, because any new party is never going to be able to muster up the money or the manpower to change anything.

Now I'm not sure it matters anymore.

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Our Man In Redmond is now Omir the Storyteller

by Our Man in Redmond (omir.the.storyteller -DORT- gmail -ART- com) on Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 05:11:38 PM EST
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Omir, I just wrote this to Maria Cantwell:

How could you abandon us by voting for cloture? You desperately need local Democrats' enthusiasm for '06. You've killed that enthusiasm. It's tragic because I've been afraid you'd lose your seat -- and you can't win without caring volunteers.

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She's NOT Miss Popularity ... and Kos is dead wrong about her being safe. She is NOT safe. And the GOP has bottomless funding because they know she's vulnerable and they've got a rich candidate.

Hickok: "You know the sound of thunder. Can you imagine that sound if I ask you to? Ma'am, listen to the thunder."

by susanhu (susanhuatearthlinkdotnet) on Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 05:17:14 PM EST
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Well she still has a lot of her own money too from all that time she spent over at Microsoft and Real. She's gonna need it if this keeps up, because the ATM is going to run out of money.

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Our Man In Redmond is now Omir the Storyteller

by Our Man in Redmond (omir.the.storyteller -DORT- gmail -ART- com) on Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 05:19:33 PM EST
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nobody who is safe voted yes except our two Hawaiian senators. I have no idea what their reasoning was.

by BooMan on Mon Jan 30th, 2006 at 05:21:00 PM EST
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The Party's been dead for quite sometime, this is just abusing the corpse.

the revolution will not be televised...