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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:27 PM Original message |
Am I the Only One Who Thinks the Specter Switch Won't Mean Shit? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cloture. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. We still need every D to support cloture. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Well, if he doesn't tow the Dem line, when needed, |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Since when are Dems who don't toe the line left without cash? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. He could have been counted on for that anyway |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Uh -- he could vote for cloture as a Republican |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
53. There's no certainty he would vote for cloture. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Of course, you are more than entitled to your views... |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. yeppers there... |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Do you expect Specter to vote differently now |
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Last Stand (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. You can't change the stripes on an elephant. nt |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
62. Clinton Impeachment? Stimulus? |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think he'll filibuster less than the other centrists |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. It can't hurt, |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I don't think he is a bad man either. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. I'm from PA, |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. Now if he'd just admit his whole magic bullet story was a fabrication |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. You are far from naive! |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Well, thank you ........... |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
69. the hell he will |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's a big net gain for us. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm with you |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. So am I. Besides being "PR" for the tabloid addicts, I don't see any significant gain. |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Technically, is he a purple dog? |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Hi, MzNov!! |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Hi VenusRising !! |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. We just don't have anybody in the minors right now |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. I grew up in PA and actually worked in politics there |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes. Yes you are. |
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breakroomlive (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. Specter! |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. One man's "meh" is another's "Woohoo!" |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. He'll be a reliable vote on cloture. That's all I need. nt |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. You and I ought to make a wager on that. A DU contribution? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. No, there're two others. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think on some issues he will push us over the edge ... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. Who knows? Doesn't sound too.. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. better for him to remain republican, right? |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. About the same level as Conyers enforcing his subpoenas... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. tis impolite to yawn without covering. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Anything that drives the rightwingers crazy |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. OK, good point about the right wingers. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #38 |
64. Donna Brazille |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. Better a progressive than a blue dog, |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. Not at all... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. No, indeed. I KNOW it doesn't mean a damn thing! |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. Personally, I think that Specter has been more and more uncomfortable about |
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Salviati (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. I think that the most important result is that the republican party is becoming more marginalized... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. No, you are not. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. It may very well be he will vote against us on many issues |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Simply because Pennsylvania residents will have a better choice in the next election... |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. But it's so much fun to watch the Repub melt-down. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
39. If nothing else, it might encourage other "traditional" Republicans to bolt. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I don't want Republicans to "bolt." I want them to lose. nt |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. I'm with you on that. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. Specter was once a co-sponsor of the EFCA. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. How nice for Lincoln, Landrieu, and Ben Nelson to have some company! n/t |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
47. I think someone should challenge him to change his vote on Free Choice Act... |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Despite what he said today, I expect change by fall. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
63. Perhaps he will emerge from the other side of a "thought process" on it... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
52. It could mean health care legislation would pass without going the reconciliation |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. That would be a point in favor if it actually came to pass. |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
55. It does make Fox news worth watching today |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
57. are you kidding? on DU what is good news is really bad news to some. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
58. anything that depletes the ranks of repulican'ts is alright by me |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Anything? What if they all became Dems? |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
60. He's going to be more of a hinderance than a help. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Agreed. nt |
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TimesSquareCowboy (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
66. Momentum matters. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Is that like Joementum? nt |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
70. No, you're not the only one. |
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