Any Senate Pugs that can be counted on to vote for Special Prosecutor?

[a_random_joel]

McCain? Snow? Lugar? Chaffee?

Anyone on the Intelligence Committee?

Any Dems besides Miller(hell, he might even make the right choice for once) Go to the dark side?

Anyone know when or if a vote is going to happen on this? Does this need a House vote to happen as well?

[hlthe2b]

1. Those four would be the only likely....

but, if the public polling continues to show support and if there are enough editorials pressuring them, others might be caught up in the effort...

[a_random_joel]

3. Only need 2 or 3 to get a majority.

Or am I missing something?

[tjdee]

2. Don't know, but if it was Scooter Libby, they're in deep doody.

Didn't Libby brief the Intelligence Committee on Iraq?

Hmm. got to do some googling.

The Intelligence committee has the most to gain by getting out in front of this, because if Libby goes down for the leak, god only knows what else Libby's going down for. He and Cheney pushed real hard on Iraq and the "intelligence"....

:scared:

In order for them to flip though, someone has got to get concrete "yes" from their sources. They're not going to vote yes out of the goodness of their hearts.

As to your direct question, McCain and Chaffee for sure. The others...???

[Cappurr]

4. Yeah.....I'll bet there are quite a few

Including the ones you mentioned. Republicans look at the polls too. With 70 percent of the people saying they think there should be an independent investigation, the Dems (assuming they have some balls) will make a big deal about it. I already wrote my republican congressman asking him to insist on an independent investigation, divorced from Ashcroft. (Thank god my two senators are Democrats)

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Just like Watergate

they can see an angry electorate, what would it take
to wake the people? Toy wiht national security, aparently

[LittleApple81]

6. Did your listen to McCain today in the Senate? I doubt it. n/t

[10digits]

7. The Ladies from Maine.

I think they have been snookered on several occasions. The House seems to be hopeless.

[Junkdrawer]

8. Moot. Under current law, it's up to Ashcroft. n/t

[asjr]

11. Ashcroft

Ashcroft would appoint the special counsel. Hell, he would pick Kenneth Starr. They are so much alike. He would never pick anyone who is a Democrat.

[salin]

9. Not Lugar

while he is principled and will speak out - in the end he almost universally votes the party line.

[Padraig18]

10. Fitzgerald (R-IL)

He said Monday that he felt one was warranted. He's a lame duck and richer than God already (so they can't bribe OR threaten him politically), plus he has a nasty indy streak that drove Lott and Frist both NUTS!

Don't count him out.

[dweller]

13. Yes, he looks promising

check out his record.
http://www.senate.gov/~fitzgerald/legislation/seletedproposals.htm

dpl

[MO_Dem]

12. Any that don't

could probably be called UNPATRIOTIC, I'd think!! That would show they don't care much for NATIONAL SECURITY!

[scottxyz]

14. This is an important approach

I bet a lot of Republicans could be prevailed upon to stand up for law and order.

Lots of Democrats voted for the Iraq war because they didn't want to be seen as soft on "national security".

I would say that any Senator who opposed investigating the outing of a covert CIA WMD operative would also be "soft on national security."

If anyone is in a state with Republican Senators, it might not hurt to call your Senator and tell them where you stand on this.

On issues of national security, it's not uncommon to "cross the aisle." The Democrats were expected to do it - the Republicans should be expected to do it too.

[proud patriot]

15. I bet the Repuke from San Diego last name Roch(something)

he was very outspoken in support of investigating 911
national security issues get his goat .