Nelson (NE), Dodd, Pryor, Lieberman voted no on troop withdrawal

[Coexist]

6 Senators did not vote - anyone know who?

Smith, Hagel, Snowe (r) voted Aye.

47-47 Vote. Just got in and saw the result.

Far short of the 60 needed. Even if we flipped the Dems and got the abstentions (did they officially abstain?) we still need 4 (R)s.

Dammit.

[babylonsister]

1. Dodd? WHY?

:argh:

[Coexist]

2. I don't know - they are running the results on the bottom half

of the screen on C-Span2.

I was hoping to find a thread on it - but didn't - so I started one with a total lack of information (sorry!)

[babylonsister]

3. No worries. I wasn't really asking you for a reason, just

venting my frustration that he'd vote that way.

[mmonk]

4. Wait and see.

[TwilightGardener]

5. Nelson--no, Hagel--aye. Why did Nelson and Pryor change their minds?

Did they suddenly decide to back Chimpy? Dodd--may have been making some sort of purity protest here. But it's Nelson I'm worried about--did he buy the "surge is working" bullshit? Thank God Hagel didn't--what a weird situation, when your Repub Senator stands strong and your Dem Senator licks Chimpy's balls.

[acmavm]

6. george must have called benny up and told him to straighten

up and fly right.

[TwilightGardener]

7. This is really terrible--we've lost two Dems on ending the war. Our line

is broken--Harry Reid lost control of them. Goddamn Ben Nelson--fucking traitor. He VOTED for this in JULY!!! WTF?