So, are they going to filibuster, or not?

[MoonRiver]

What's the latest scoop? Inquiring, and rapidly going insane from the suspense, minds want to know!!

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. Four words...

Don't. Hold. Your. Breath.

[CottonBear]

11. Two words:

Patience grasshopper.

[Voltaire99]

21. Your zen cup runneth over, sensei.

The glacier is no match for your Flying Patience Attack!

[Voltaire99]

16. Heh.

Afraid you're right.

One should expect nothing from invertebrates other than the occasional spirited wiggle. ;-)

[mom cat]

20. Instead of holding your breath, use it to make phone calls.

[babylonsister]

2. No one's committed either way...yet. nt

[meegbear]

3. BREATHE!!!!!!!!

We'll letcha know, so don't you worry your pretty little head.

[AtomicKitten]

4. Patience - I'm still hoping ..... n/t

[C_U_L8R]

I'm hoping for the political play of the century

don't know if we'l get it.... but I'm cheering for our team !

[CottonBear]

5. Who knows? It's a poker game and Reid ain't giving any clues. n/t

[yourout]

10. Harry would be a good Texas Hold em player.

[CottonBear]

15. He is, after all, from Nevada! n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

23. He's also a Mormon

[CottonBear]

26. Yup! A foe of organized crime Mormon from Nevada! He rocks! n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

36. I was referring to Texas hold-em

mormons aren't supposed to gamble. Which is funny, as Nevada has a large mormon population.

[fooj]

6. I'd be inclined to say YES!!!

It's all out on the table now.

Peace.

[MoonRiver]

9. Woo Hoo, I like your answer!

:D :woohoo:

[Botany]

7. it is looking that way.

if not now .... when?
if not somebody who lied under oath ..... who?
if he can not remember about his past actions ........ where will he remember the SCOTUS?

I called every dem Senator last week and asked them to filibuster Alito.

[yourout]

8. Hoping but not optimistic.

It would be a rare instance of courage in the face of fire. Doing the right thing even
if it came with a political price.

[The Stranger]

12. Remember what happened to the Patriot Act just last month.

All of the Democrats sat around on their hands until Russ Feingold said he would filibuster no matter what. The groundswell built until even Republicans were voting against cloture.

Of course, there was also the time the Democrats needed one Senator to sponsor Gore's recount, portrayed famously in Fahrenheit 911. And not a single solitary Democratic senator would come forward.

[kentuck]

13. Maybe...maybe not ?

They are keeping them guessing at this point. Even when the filibuster is under way, they will not admit that they are filibustering. :)

[MoonRiver]

14. Man, talk about ambiguous responses!

I've been busy all day and haven't had time to watch C-SPAN. Was hoping for something more clear cut. Oh, well.....:sigh:

[fooj]

19. WHEN they filibuster, the repukes are in for the ride of their lives.

Skanky rat bastards!:grr:

[Joe for Clark]

17. I thought yesterday Kerry said he was going to filibuster -

Did I miss something??
Joe

[blm]

32. He supports a filibuster. Judiciary Committee Dems and Minority leader are

the proper leaders of a filibuster on court nominees.

For Kerry to do it, he would be stepping outside protocol, and that would really piss off Judiciary Committee members.

When Kerry signalled he would support a filibuster, that should have emboldened committee senators that they would not stand alone.

[firefox]

18. CNN 1:57PM translates to "Forget it"

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/24/alito/index.html has this paragraph- Democrats have all but dismissed any attempt to filibuster the nomination. But several on the panel used the vote to attack the president's policies.

We should remember that this is CNN though. This report was really to say Alito passed the committee and is now going before the full Senate for a vote.

[ClintonTyree]

22. The DNC will never get another dime from me........

if they don't. Oh, and third party here I come. If I'm going to waste my vote on Democrats that do nothing I may as well waste it on a third party and at lease have someone who has the balls to stand up to these thugs, guaranteed loser or not.

I'm close to abandoning the Democratic party since they seem to have abandoned me.

If they fail to filibuster, it will be the final straw. "Independent Underground" here I come! ;)

[jsamuel]

24. give me a break, so if 5 senators out of 45 Dems don't want to filibuster

you are going to leave the party...

what a joke...

and I am not even a democrat...

why don't you work on getting 10 more Dems in there like the 40 that will filibuster...

[TechBear_Seattle]

27. It only takes one senator to filibuster

And only 40 more to keep the filibuster going. If the Dems can't summon even that against a fascist with a proven paper trail opposing the rule of law up for THE CHIEF LAWKEEPER OF THE LAND, why in the world should I give the Democratic Party the time of day?

[sandnsea]

28. It takes 41 to vote no on cloture

That's the way it works.

[TechBear_Seattle]

31. One to filibuster and 40 more to support the filibuster

That adds up to 41, last I looked. :toast:

[sandnsea]

34. It's a vote

They ask for cloture and vote. I think you even have to have a certain number of senators to get the cloture vote to start with. One person doesn't do filibusters anymore, unless they're going outside the general rules of the Senate.

[mmonk]

35. He's not alone.

[B Calm]

25. I'm 55 years old, voted democratic all my life, but when we have

to call and beg our senators to vote down a fascist corporatist to the Supreme Court we have a problem! I'm afraid that they'll ignore us for corporate $$$ and they can kiss my ass goodbye!

[Roy]

29. The general tone coming from comments after the vote tally...

I think hints strongly toward fillibuster.

fingers (and toes) crossed.

[Hyernel]

30. They are going to Filibuster, and here's why....

The rumor is now that the Dems won't do it, which is smart, because if a Filibuster is to be effective, we can't give the Wingnut media time beforehand to "frame" the filibuster the way they want to. Never give the Rethugs a fair warning, or a chance to spin it.

The best way to do a Filibuster is to tell no one that you're going to do it...make people think you're not going to do it....then, the moment the Senate gets to the voting, FILIBUSTER!!!! Then go all in, and never let up. Surprise them.

Wait and see....that's what I would do.

;)

[nanbrown]

33. i doubt they will filibuster

i have called all the gang of 14 and every other dem and jeffords. in no one's office did a staffer seem upbeat. not one. in my many years of activism, the affect of their voices is telling. i will keep on trying using my bread money for phone bills.