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I was here until 2 a.m. and after and the Republicans were not caving -- Sen Frist, Graham, and Sessions proved that after most people had left. We tried to explain to everyone what was going on that best could be described as psychological warfare by the Republicans. A lot of defeatist on that thread didn't understand what was going on and wouldn't listen. Those of us who stayed until the end figured out what was going on.

Garrett is supposed to know all about the Congress and not make a mistake of saying this was an historic event and that the Republicans lost Wednesday night. It was obvious from his article that he did not observe what was going on.

Read the first part of Garrett's story -- he was dead wrong -- it was not an historic cloture vote as he stated.

I know. I remember seeing you on the live thread. I left when Lindsey Graham was giving a speech (a great one!) and missed out on what followed. At the time I left FR and turned off C-SPAN2, it looked like the Republicans were going to call it quits. People were saying how tired the Pubbies looked and the Senators evidently were saying how they needed to get back to other Senate business.

I understood from the next day's thread that Frist was going to call for a vote on Monday, then I saw Major Garrett's report which said a vote was going to be called for on Tuesday. I listened to Rush's show today and was happy to learn that MG's report was incorrect, according to Senators Frist and Hatch via Rush. I didn't come back to an Estrada thread until this one and was just surprised to see quite a few people picking on the individual who posted the Rush article. I just don't understand why there's an apparent animosity toward that person.