Voinovich to defect to Dems on Finance Reform to bring to floor

[WI_DEM]

Washington (CNN) – After Senate Democrats' second consecutive failed attempt Tuesday to take up a financial regulatory reform bill, a moderate Republican from Ohio indicated for the first time that he is planning to switch his vote and support opening debate on the bill if a deal isn't reached soon between the top negotiators for each party.

The American people "want us to get something done," Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, said in explaining why he would eventually join Democrats in insisting that the bill be debated on the floor.


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/27/senate-republican-may-switch-vote-and-back-debate-on-bill/?fbid=iiqnlWlrmpo

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. FINALLY.

Props to Voinovich.

[mikelgb]

2. get ready for water works

[Dappleganger]

3. Shall we pass out the Depends? nt

[Javaman]

12. yeah, this should be an epic show of "emotion" from boner. nt

[WhiteTara]

18. is Boner going to cry on the floor of the Senate?

Or is Beck going to shed his tears for tv?

[mikelgb]

20. Voinovich is a crier too, especially if his conscience has him vote with Dems

[mmonk]

4. I have been expecting it.

The stonewall was just a ploy.

[Ikonoklast]

5. Maybe he actually read his constituent mail.

Even though he's retiring and has nothing to lose, he FINALLY may do the right hing for Ohio, and not his party.

[barbtries]

11. i wish my republican senator would do that

i wrote him a nasty one the other day. i know it's just spitting in the wind though.

[BlooInBloo]

6. And McConnell is close to breaking as well -- the whole thing is in shambles for them.

[barbtries]

7. great news

he should switch all the way and we'll have a super majority again, right? oh, wait, ben nelson...

[lamp_shade]

10. I suspect if Voinovich votes with us, Nelson will too. Just a hunch. He was one of the

very last to vote yesterday and I'm guessing he was holding out just to see how things were looking.

[thereismore]

8. He's the one shedding tears (possibly real) over his grandkids on the Senate floor. nt

[Cant trust em]

9. Looks like Harry Reid is winning the game of chicken. nt

[Froward69]

13. I seriously doubt it.

[WeDidIt]

15. I don't

Throwing this red meat to the base has been a PR disaster for the GOP with the center.

By throwing the retiring Voinovich out as the peacemaker, there is a ready made "RINO" scapegoat for the base while playing back to the center.

[Change Happens]

14. God bless him.............nt

[DCBob]

16. how about snowe or collins?

I suspect one or both of them will break ranks as well. the gopers are crazy to have pushed this far and still got nothing.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

19. I don't know. I think people give those 2 twits more credit than they deserve. Both

have been perfectly content doing nothing since 2009. Especially Collins who now pretends to be concerned about ethics but not so much between 2001-2008.

[rocktivity]

17. Keith mentioned this last night

while discussing the matter with Sherrod Brown, ironically.

He asked, "How long is this going to continue?" and Brown said, "Until one of the Republicans gets too embarrassed."

:headbang:
rocktivity