Once in a while I make the mistake of making a very specific prediction

[cali]

I'm usually wrong. Here's one I have a cynical urge to make:

Susan Collins will vote for the Webb Amendment

Olympia Snowe will vote against it.

It would be such perfect symmety, balancing their earlier votes today on cloture for the Restore Habeas Act.

[rusty quoin]

1. I'm terrible at predictions. Here's one

McCain will vote for the Webb Amendment

[Kelly Rupert]

2. I'm even worse. Here's one.

The top of the Capitol will twist off like a coke-bottle cap, and fly into the air.

[cali]

5. Terra!

[cali]

3. Here's another:

Ben Nelson won't.

[TwilightGardener]

8. He will. He won't run to the right of Hagel on this.

[pwb]

4. that would be a tough vote for Collins.

she is good buds with Lieberman. hope your right about her and wrong about snowe. i kind of like them both, a little.

[cali]

7. I can't take either of them

when it comes down to crunch time, they've backed bushco up over and over.

[pwb]

10. your right, but they sometimes vote against the pukes on family and children's issues.

[TomInTib]

6. OK, I have to admit...

I don't even know what this Webb Amendment is.

[cali]

9. It would change how soldiers are deployed

in Iraq and, I believe, Afghanistan: They would get the same amount of time stateside as deployed in a war zone. (I think that's it)

[Kelly Rupert]

11. Which is much, much bigger than it seems at first glance.

It would strain the manpower resources of the military to the point where they'd have no choice but to draw down US presence in Iraq. Meanwhile, the Dems look pro-troop, not anti-winning.

[TomInTib]

12. Oh, that's right.

I knew about the action, I just didn't know the name.

Thanks.

Of all the people on DU...

Hey, did you see the Tiburon Art Festival slideshow? You should have been here.

[pwb]

13. and in a way it would force troops home earlier than bush wants.

[rusty quoin]

14. Damn good prediction cali. She did vote for it.