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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 04:22 PM
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Republican Senators Lugar and Martinez first to buckle; declaring support for Sotomayor.
Another filibuster avoided and at least two supporters.
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-us-sotomayor-martinez,0,6477139.story
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 04:23 PM
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1. I don't consider that buckling. It's common sense. Snowe's in, too. nt
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 04:28 PM
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3. Good.
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 04:30 PM
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4. Maybe I should say "bucked their party". You are right.
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 04:26 PM
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2. Just noticed Lugar has a Spanish surname
I wonder how far back that goes...
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trapper914 Donating Member (796 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:40 PM
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5. Lugar isn't buckling
He may be a Republican, but he's not a cool-aid drinker.
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left is right Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 06:04 PM
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7. As a very liberal Hoosier, I have always preferred Lugar over
bayh; at least you know that he is a conservative. That said, I have never voted for him. He often runs unopposed, so that spot on the ballot is left blank.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 05:52 PM
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6. I believe McCain, Collins, Hutchinson & even Lindsay Graham will support her too
and others as well.
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-17-09 08:26 PM
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8. Graham ripped into her and was very rude and disrepectful toward her; a vote for her
by him would be hard to believe. Racial hatred was dripping with nearly every word from him.
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