Does it seem like we were 5votes away 10 yes votes ago. How long are we going to be 5 votes away?

[LeftyAndProud60]

Is it just the media?

[hobbit709]

1. It's that "fuzzy" math.

[Jennicut]

2. Part of it was the CBO scores took some time to get in. Also the Stupak coalition

seems to want a deal at the last minute.

[SharonRB]

3. And I saw something today that put us at only 195

That's 21 votes away. Where are we, really?

[jenmito]

4. Yeah! Last night, Ed Schultz reported that we're about 4 votes away. We already had

about `4 people announce they'd vote for it today, didn't we? :shrug:

[Jennicut]

7. A few previous yes votes turned no. Some no votes turned yes.

[onenote]

5. The one thing that you can be certain of is that no one reporting vote counts in the media

actually knows the vote count.

[DrToast]

6. A lot of these votes were already being counted as 'yes'

[4lbs]

8. I thought we were were at 213 (3 votes away) this morning. Then Stupak and one other reversed and

said they would vote YES just within the last hour or so.

So, wouldn't that make it 215, and one vote away from the magical 216?

[jenmito]

9. Stupak did NOT reverse and say yes. n/t