Republicans block Wall Street reform debate for 3rd time

[florida08]

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[Beetwasher]

1. Republicans Have Essentially Blown Their Chances In Nov

Dumbasses. :rofl:

[Change Happens]

+1

[pattmarty]

10. Wrong. They will pick up seats in both the House and Senate...........

..........I don't believe they will take back either body, but they will make gains.

[Beetwasher]

12. Did I Say They Wouldn't Make ANY Gains?

They might, they might not. You don't know that any more than I do. But they blew any chance they had of routing the Dems and taking back either house, that's for sure, you can bank on it.

I actually think now the Dems stand a good chance of holding their significant majorities and I wouldn't be surprised if they picked up a few seats. Doubtful, but now not nearly as unlikely.

[activa8tr]

19. I agree. Each day the Dems do this the Republican Senators dig

a grave deeper and deeper for themselves.

[Beetwasher]

21. And Politically Speaking, It's Too Late For The Repubs To Do Anything About It

The damage is done. Even if they agree now to proceed with the bill, it's too late. They fucked themselves but good! :rofl:

[pattmarty]

24. Check all the people that really know, Charlie Cook, Nate Silver............

.........and others. Bet on it, they will LOSE seats.

[Beetwasher]

25. Umm, That's Not What They Say, I Read Them

Everything they say is all qualified in probabilities based on the CURRENT climate. YOU need to read what they say more carefully.

Read them again in a few weeks AFTER this whole Fin Reg debate. We'll see if their still singing that tune.

6 months is a lifetime in politics and the winds are changing.

And again, I never said they would make NO GAINS. But they ARE blowing their chance of making significant gains, as is being hyped by the media.

[tridim]

2. They're at least 3 times dumber than I thought they were.

Keep it up Repukes, your political suicide is just about complete.

[Kablooie]

3. The decline in public image is offset by the huge bottomless donations wall street will give them.

[RKP5637]

28. Especially with the SC's helpful ruling on corporate personhood for

contributions. As I always tell people, "Never underestimate the capability of the American people to vote in the wrong people for the wrong reasons." Bush twice was enough to rattle my confidence in Americans to vote with clear heads. Many will just listen to well funded republican spin and vote accordingly, often a very gullible nation IMO.

[AndrewJacksonFaction]

4. Any Idea who the +1 is?

Also, curious if the Dems are just shirking letting the Republicans actually perform a filibuster, or is the mere threat just enough to take it off the table.

Nevermind, just figured out who the +1 is, it is Reid so he can bring it back up.

[sandnsea]

7. I heard Ben Nelson too

Although I didn't see it myself, just read someone else's comment.

[kysrsoze]

14. Wasn't Nelson - that dirtball was part of the first two votes against...

b/c he's a shareholder (~$6MM in shares) in Berkshire Hathaway and he was upset about a provision being added which didn't give some exclusions for Warren Buffet et al to continue using some derivatives without regulation. Imagine that. :eyes:

[MUAD_DIB]

11. How many times can Reid put it on the table again?

[wryter2000]

17. How many days left before election day in November? N/t

n/t

[MUAD_DIB]

22. Good.

[harry_pothead]

31. infinitely many times

[wryter2000]

16. Ben Nelson

Even Lieberman wouldn't sink this low.

[Unvanguard]

37. There were two Republicans who were absent the last two times. n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Who's the Democrat that voted against it?

[601Liberal]

15. Probably Ben Nelson

He blocked it yesterday

[kysrsoze]

20. Nelson has blocked all 3. Blanche Lincoln? Wouldn't surprise me.

[RKP5637]

6. Good for them, keep it up R's. Love it!!!

Republicans :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: Gor for a 4th time, please!!! We support you for a 5th or 6th too!!!

[wryter2000]

18. I hope they do it at least once a week until November

Picture the debate...Dem points to Repub and simply says, "He filibustered to protect the banks."

[harry_pothead]

32. Change it to once a day and you got a winner.

[wryter2000]

40. LOL, they do seem to be doing that

I wonder if they'll really keep the repubs there all night. :rofl:

[opihimoimoi]

8. When dey vote as a bloc....BLOC...then dey must be defeated as a BLOC. Vote BLUE and WIN

The GOP has fricked itself in le ass with a remote as in (Greatest Freakout) Youtube

[RandomThoughts]

9. That smiley is awesome!

Double up popcorn. I am going to put that as a short cut to use in the future.

[Hawaii Hiker]

13. Yeah, was wondering where that double popcorn smiley came from

This one is still the best IMO, :woohoo:

[RandomThoughts]

35. right click, then hit properties.

Then you can copy the address.

[h9socialist]

23. If it wasn't for that Campaign Finance decision by the Supreme Court . . .

. . . even the Republicans wouldn't dare do this. They know this means big bucks in their coffers. Expect Goldman-Sachs to give generously!

[florida08]

26. Roll call votes

Not Voting - 2
Bennett (R-UT)
Byrd (D-WV)

Dems nay
Nelson (D-NE)
Reid (D-NV)


http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00127

[66 dmhlt]

39. To be clear on why Reid changed his vote to "Nay"

He changes his vote after the outcome is clear for procedural reasons: it preserves his right to bring the measure up for a vote later on.

[thereismore]

27. OK, what do we do now? Just forget the reform, compromise, or what? nt

[SoapBox]

29. CONTACT Nelson here:

http://bennelson.senate.gov/contact-me.cfm

Tell him what you think.

[harry_pothead]

30. Keep on keeping on Dems.

They got the right strategy by continuously putting it up for debate, they just gotta stick with it.

[awoke_in_2003]

33. bring back the real filibuster...

make those asshats read phonebooks for hours on end. See how long they will last

[CLANG]

34. Nice plan, Stan! ROFL!

[happygoluckytoyou]

36. The party of NO IDEAS... NO PROGRESS... THE DONOTHING CONGRESS 2000-2008

[Javaman]

38. What would prevent this from passing via reconciliation?

Not knowing the in's and out's of how it's done, why would prevent it?