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Reply #25: If you don't have the votes to win then that is correct [View All]

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DefenseLawyer

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Wed Jan-27-10 11:40 PM
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25. If you don't have the votes to win then that is correct

They don't count, in the sense that his no vote did nothing to stand in the way of their confirmation. The only way for the Democrats to stop Roberts or Alito was to filibuster. I'm not singling out the President, because the rest of the Democrats in the Senate folded like a lawn chair and peed their collective pants at the threat of "nuclear option" and the vaunted "Gang of 14", but the fact remains, the only way to have tried to stop Roberts and Alito was to filibuster and then Senator Obama didn't get anywhere near it. By the time it got to the floor the outcome was certain. The no vote was at best symbolic.

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