Harkin will abstain!!!!

[samhsarah]

No proof, no link, just heard it on the Young Turks fillibusterathon. If anyone has a link, please post. I will keep looking....

[w13rd0]

2. Abstaining is ok by me...

...if those on the fence about a fillibuster just manage to abstain or forget to show up, that'll be enough. This CAN BE stopped...

Reject the media manipulation. Not a done deal.

[KyndCulture]

3. Link

http://www.democrats.com/alito-48

[samhsarah]

5. Thanks!

Why didn't I check there in the first place?:dunce:

[efilon]

4. Yes he will

I just called his D.C. office and the staffer told me that he is going to abstain....Still kind of ticks me off but at least he's not voting for cloture.

[Edgewater_Joe]

6. Not The Best News - But It Still Helps

Remember, they have to get to 60. This doesn't help them do that.

[FreedomAngel82]

1. Right

It's better than being there and voting yes. Good! I'm so happy about this!

[gkhouston]

9. actually, it could be good

there may be others who don't want to go all the way to "no". Now that there's someone in the "abstain" camp, a few weak "yes" votes might shift to "abstain". They can tell everyone they aren't supporting the filibuster -- and they aren't -- but they also aren't supporting cloture.

[Peace Patriot]

7. Excellent news! A Democrat who votes to shut down fellow Democrats is

like a scab crossing a picket line. We should tag them with it. Is this how these Bush toady Democrats want to be known--as SCABS?

[shance]

8. Thats good news. But why is Tom Harkin such a coward?

He may be a nice man but hes no fighter.

Disappointing.

[orleans]

10. i called his office about this a couple weeks ago (maybe just

a week ago)

staffer said he doesn't want to vote for alito but he's getting a ton of calls telling him TO VOTE for alito

maybe this is the best he can do in a bad situation.

as long as he doesn't vote FOR cloture