So they vote for cloture. Can they still pull it out in the actual vote

Skidmore

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Mon Jan-30-06 04:58 PM
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So they vote for cloture. Can they still pull it out in the actual vote

Edited on Mon Jan-30-06 04:59 PM by Skidmore

for confirmation yet?

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LSK

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Mon Jan-30-06 04:59 PM
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1. hell no

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saltpoint

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Mon Jan-30-06 04:59 PM
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2. Mathematically possible but politically far-flung. \nt

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WildEyedLiberal

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Mon Jan-30-06 04:59 PM
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3. Possible but unlikely

We CANNOT give up and need to keep calling the senators on the fence about confirmation. Don't let them think they've won. It's not over yet.

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stop the bleeding

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Mon Jan-30-06 04:59 PM
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4. yes the DEMS could still defeat Alito in an up or down vote - we

will have to see how it plays out right now.

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Baclava

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:00 PM
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5. No - it's a simple majority now.

Doesn't look good.

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Auntie Bush

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:26 PM
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20. That's right. Only need a simple Majority tomorrow. He's IN! And

now we gotta listen to bushit brag tomorrow night. I gonna :puke:
What's this world gonna be like for my children and Grandchildren?

Will we be in a constant world war with a dictator acting as a president? I wonder if one of my granddaughters will be a statistic on the list of women who died from an abortion? Will my Grandsons have their name carved in a memorial. Hell...I don't think I even want to be here! But I guess I'll be in one of bush's internment camps so I won't even have a choice.

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bettyellen

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:00 PM
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6. fuck no, he's in.

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incapsulated

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:01 PM
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7. No, it's majority wins, now

We don't have the votes, they do.

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leftstreet

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:04 PM
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8. Do we know if Repub Senators are getting pressure from voters?

I know some Repub voters who've called and emailed their Senators because they're vehemently anti-Alito. But who knows what, if any, pressure they've gotten overall.

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xmas74

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:16 PM
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18. I've been calling my Repub senators, as have my friends.

Only problem is that my senators are Bond and Talent. Both support Alito and both have been informed by a hundred people in my community that I know of that they will not receive their votes this year or in 2008.

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Individualist

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:04 PM
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9. No. It's all over

Edited on Mon Jan-30-06 05:05 PM by notsodumbhillbilly

except for the swearing in ceremony for Alito. Repugs will vote en bloc for the bastard. Democracy died today.

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Amaryllis

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:18 PM
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19. Democracy died when SCOTUS annointed W pres in 2000.

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sandnsea

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:08 PM
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10. We'd need every Dem

and 3 or 4 Republicans, depending on Snowe's vote.

If our Dems would stand for Democrats, we could put some pressure on Republicans in Democratic states, like Gordon Smith. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening.

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kath

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:11 PM
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12. and we NEVER, ever, ever get every Dem. ALWAYS some turncoats.

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dave502d

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:10 PM
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11. Fuck you Ralph Nader for 2000,Look what you did to us.n/t

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redwitch

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:12 PM
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13. sorry but that is bullshit

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debbierlus

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:13 PM
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14. This isn't Nadar's fault

It is a lazy American public.

And, the tyrants that feed off them....

This is what America has sown.

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Catchawave

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:14 PM
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15. Voter apathy did us in :( ~nt

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CottonBear

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:15 PM
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17. Voter apathy and dirty Republican theives and judges did us in. n/t

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CottonBear

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Mon Jan-30-06 05:14 PM
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16. Blame O'Connor and the 4 other traitors for the end of democracy

as we knew it. :(

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