MSNBC RE: Gonzales "Kennedy & Durbin are calling for a filibuster!"

[ElsewheresDaughter]

could this be true...i sure as hell hope it is...damn! i don't get C-Span 2

[G_j]

1. YES! good move !! n/t

[Acryliccalico]

2. Yes very good move !

:kick:

[Botany]

3. AP Washington D.C. 2/1/05 ...... Reports of a Spine have been coming in

Look Kerry won the election .....
Their are more of us then of them.
MAKE THE REPUGS GET UP AND DEFEND THE INDEFENSIBLE

LLBR


:bounce:

[William Bloode]

4. Good!

I was just outside working, and it was running through my mind. Why in the hell would you vote to confirm someone for A.G. whom you saw unfit to be a federal judge? If he's unfit for the lesser position, why in hell would you vote to give the slime more power?

Just the thought of some spineless Dem's voting for this torture monkey has me questioning my party affiliation.

[Walt Starr]

5. They must be pretty damned certain the "nuclear option" is a bluff!

Damn.

Just Damn!

Welcome to the chordate world, Dems!

[babylonsister]

6. Hey, Walt! I just

learned a new word! Chordate=backbone, spine! :hi:

[Walt Starr]

8. I love taxonomy

Eukarya Animalia Chordata Vertabrata Mammalia Primates Hominidae Homo Sapiens is just another way to say "people"

[Guaranteed]

9. ROFL this is awesome.

The party is changing right before our eyes.

This is really great. :)

[Just Me]

17. They may have discovered "nuke op" is going forward no matter what!

This may be their last chance to take an impactful stand!!!

:shrug:

[genius]

7. Let's call and thank them.

[Tinoire]

10. How The Dems Got Their Groove Back!!!

Keep raising hell DUers. Keep raising hell! I'm convinced that knowing how strongly so many real people feel is giving them the courage to do what's right.

[Al-CIAda]

13. "Keep raising hell DUers. Keep raising hell! -ditto! -eom

[MsUSA]

11. Not sure what time this came out: Democrats Say They Won't Block Gonzales

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBQDZCIO4E.html Sounds like just a straight up or down vote.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. Oh Yeah. I forgot to Add Dick Durbin

to the list of the remaining Democrat Senators with integrity, the ones I have really developed a deep respect for in the past years.

[Lugnut]

14. Now we're talkin'!

I'm glad to see some of them found their backbones.

[jbfam4]

15. Democrats won't try to filibuster

Dems Won't Delaying Gonzales Appointment
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-senate-gonzales,0,6487484,print.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines


By JESSE J. HOLLAND
Associated Press Writer

February 1, 2005, 2:52 PM EST

WASHINGTON -- Democrats won't try to filibuster Alberto Gonzales' nomination to be attorney general but will hold extensive debates in the Senate over his role in developing the Bush administration's policies on treating foreign detainees, the Senate's top Democrat said Tuesday.

"There will be an up-or-down vote," Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada told reporters after the Democrats huddled together for their weekly planning session.

A filibuster, a parliamentary tactic for delaying Senate action, would require Republicans, who hold a 55-44 majority in the Senate, to win over at least five Democrats -- or four Democrats plus Vermont Sen. James Jeffords, an independent -- to put Gonzales in office.

Reid predicted that at least 25 or 30 Democrats would vote against Gonzales but said "there was a decision made not to filibuster."

[gulfcoastliberal]

19. Great decision, Reid.

Thank god he's in charge. What a genius tactician and such a pugnacious fighter!! /sarcasm off..

[w4rma]

16. Filibuster this freak! Democratic Americans do NOT support torture. (nt)

[Just Me]

18. How come Reid is saying "no filibuster"?

Are the Dems starting to play the puke game better than the pukes?

:shrug:

[Walt Starr]

20. This fucking sucks, now they're not filibustering

:grr: