Obama facing defeat in the House

[dipsydoodle]

Obama hopes for approval of military action in Syria is facing defeat in the House of Representatives, according to an analysis of public statements of representatives by the blog ThinkProgress.

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Freshly updated Syria whip count: No/Lean No: 199 Yes/Lean Yes: 49 http://thkpr.gs/15RgyxN pic.twitter.com/E4YvMbXOMg
2:32 PM - 5 Sep 2013
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Sourced from http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/syria-putin-obama-g20-showdown afew minutes ago

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. Hold the vote now! Before they start rolling out the pork.

[Brigid]

2. God, I hope so.

All I feel like doing right now is

[dawg]

3. Just enough will vote yes in order for it to pass.

Mark it down and remember that I told you first.

[Baclava]

4. Going down! Yes!

lots of fence sitters though

[Madam Mossfern]

5. I don't understand how

anyone can be a fence sitter here.
If the International community steps us - especially the Arab League, then it would be a different story.

[Baclava]

9. "I don't understand how anyone can be a fence sitter here"

waiting for polls from back home?

holding out for more kickback money?

who knows?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

6. Meanwhile, back in Bizarro World

Yay!! Thank you, Congressional Republicans!!



I think my keyboard just threw up....

[KittyWampus]

7. Good. Let the Republican Obama-Hate finally do something useful.

[wandy]

8. What a lost opportunity........

Putting this before congress might have been a way to derive some benefit from encouraging this civil war.

The civil ware amongst the republican menace that is.