uh..if Brown wins, I have news for you guys. This thing dies, no matter what. What the heck makes you think they’ll have even 51 votes after a result like that? I think it becomes an “every man for himself” moment.
Not only that, it only barely passed the house last time.
The idea that all of these people will fall on their swords for this bill is crazy. Many of them tolled for years and years on local Bds of Ed, city council, and statehouses before earning a trip to Congress.
Never discount blind ambition and self preservation.
I agree. It certainly is exciting to watch.
Sure they will. All they have to do is count all the senators from the rest of the 57 states that 0bama visited during the campaign.
I think you're right. Dems can read the writing on the wall when it says, "you're going to be voted OUT"...
Up until this administration, I would've agreed with you. But, so far, this Administration and this Congress have steadfastly proceeded directly against a wave of public revulsion.
Thus, I don't know that conventional political wisdom is still in force. In any event, though, virtually every Democrat in anything less than a center-left district will be committing seppukuif they vote for this monstrosity.
Why they would do so is beyond me.
I agree that they're all self-serving pols, but up until very recently they've been in lockstep. Maybe they've all been invited to the WH for some of Barry's special *stash* (the dems have gotta be smokin' sumthin'), maybe they all will get special sweetheart deals. I don't know.
The one thing I do know though is that it only takes one Rino or one dem to screw things up, and I'm not betting on this horse race.
I pray that you are right! I don’t trust them any further than I could fling Pelosi over the back fence.
What’s to stop them from seating him (if he wins) until AFTER the vote? Anything? (I truly don’t know.)