Senate all nighter

[lawrocket 3]

So I saw the news tonight - coverage of all the cots being brought in.

Hmmm. Sounds to me more like a sleepover? All that's missing is the bartender and whores...

My prediction - no changes will happen. The Dems in the Senate need to make it look like they are trying to get us out of the war but cannot let the troops come home. The Dems need the troops in Iraq so that they can take both chambers of Congress and the Presidency next November. There is no way in HELL that they will take this election issue out of the election.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[billvon 3,132]

Hmm. From your analysis, if this is an understood strategy - wouldn't the republicans be solidly behind an immediate withdrawal, if it guaranteed the defeat of the democrats?

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Hmm. No.

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[lawrocket 3]

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Hmm. From your analysis, if this is an understood strategy - wouldn't the republicans be solidly behind an immediate withdrawal, if it guaranteed the defeat of the democrats?

There are Republicans figuring it out. As the election gets nearer more and more will distance themselves. Thus the Republicans will be able to say "Don't blame me - I've been trying."

And then there are those who believe that it is a sign of weakness to admit you are wrong and others who believe that we are winning or can win.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[mnealtx 0]

I'm sure Kennedy pere et fils will be bringing the booze...

Mike
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Thus the Republicans will be able to say "Don't blame me - I've been trying."

Would that make them all flip floppers....

I was STAUNCHLY for the war before I was against it????
allofthatrubberstampingnaythingforthebushadministrationmeansnothingmovealongtherearenodroidshere

[lawrocket 3]

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Thus the Republicans will be able to say "Don't blame me - I've been trying."

Would that make them all flip floppers....

I was STAUNCHLY for the war before I was against it????
allofthatrubberstampingnaythingforthebushadministrationmeansnothingmovealongtherearenodroidshere

Yep. Republicans and Democrats alike. The Senate voted 77-23 in favor of the War.

Here are the Yeas:
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA) - gone, defeated and left in Jan. 2007
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bond (R-MO)
Breaux (D-LA)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT) - defeated and left in Jan. 2007
Campbell (R-CO)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carnahan (D-MO) - died in plane crash just after vote
Carper (D-DE)
Cleland (D-GA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
Daschle (D-SD)
DeWine (R-OH) - defeated and left in Jan. 2007
Dodd (D-CT)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Edwards (D-NC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Frist (R-TN) - retired and left in Jan. 2007
Gramm (R-TX)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Helms (R-NC)
Hollings (D-SC)
Hutchinson (R-AR)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Miller (D-GA)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Nickles (R-OK)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Santorum (R-PA) - defeated and left in Jan. 2007
Schumer (D-NY)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-NH)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thompson (R-TN)
Thurmond (R-SC)
Torricelli (D-NJ)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)


Here are the Nays:
Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Chafee (R-RI) - defeated and left in Jan. 2007
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ) - left Senate in Jan. 2006 to become governor of New Jersey
Dayton (D-MN) - retired in Jan. 2007
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Graham (D-FL) - he retired from Senate in Jan. 2005
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT) - retired and left Jan. 2007
Kennedy (D-MA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Sarbanes (D-MD) - retired Jan. 2007
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wellstone (D-MN)
Wyden (D-OR)

3/4 of the Senate was in favor of the war. There are presently 17 members of the Senate who voted against the War. There are 71 members of the Senate who voted in FAVOR of the War. And 13 who were not Senators and didn't vote.

Sooooooooo.... This means that there will be a minimum of 22 flip-floppers for this to go through.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[billvon 3,132]

> Hmm. No.

Huh! Yes!