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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:44 PM
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The Democrats could have produced 40 no votes
because there are only four Democrats voting to confirm Alito. There is an Independent and a Republican voting no on Alito's confirmation. Why no arm twisting to bring them along? Isn't the goal of voting no to stop an action for going forward?

There were 42 no votes possible and the excuses not to fight for those votes made no sense.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:44 PM
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1. you are exactly right
you just forget about the need for dry power puffs.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:45 PM
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2. One word....DINO n/t
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Czolgosz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:45 PM
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3. The 7 dems in the gang of 14 sold us out.
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reality based Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:52 PM
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10. Well now we know what that deal was all about, don't we?
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:46 PM
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4. Where are the real Republicans? There are enough votes on both sides
to stop the aLIEto confirmation and the george Confirmation.
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:46 PM
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5. Yeah, I'm all for threatening and cajoling
and I'm not being sarcastic. This was totally pathetic. If I was minority leader, I'd find a way to punish those bastards. They want something next time? They can get that shit on their own. That being said, I'm not minority leader so my opinion doesn't really count
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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:46 PM
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6. makes sense Prosense - n/t
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:49 PM
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7. Because some Dems aren't comfortable with having power.
They'd rather sit back and let the Republicans destroy this country and the rights of its citizens.

Lieberman is a jinx. He has influence, he could have used it, but he would rather fracture the Democratic party than give it some honest-to-God sense of power.

McCain-Lieberman 2008. There's the ticket.
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:50 PM
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8. What was with the 37 tally that C-Span had on the screen...
We only got 25 votes.

Peace.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:53 PM
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12. The nomination tally
Where we are on the vote tomorrow.
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:54 PM
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13. 12 Democrats who will vote against Alito but did not have the courage
to vote against cloture.
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Little Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:52 PM
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9. Don't we have a whip?
Aren't they suppose to bring this bunch together? Kennedy should be our leader imho.
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:55 PM
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15. We had a whip and, as he was one of the few people who
pushed for this vote, he probably did what he could. However, we also have a leader who did not.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:52 PM
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11. I guess we could have locked them in the cloakroom
To me this spotlights where our problem lies. Rural America. Either we get in there and fight, or expect more of these kinds of losses. Anything else seems to me to be denying the basic problem. We need to support those who are fighting, and feeling alone in their fight, in those red states.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 06:54 PM
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14. rural people don't know Alito from their ass--it's the corporations
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 07:22 PM
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16. This wasn't about changing their vote, but giving it more impact. n/t
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