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Catherina

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5. Up in the air. The Left-Liberterian alliance just may defeat this

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 02:40 PM

Aug 2013

Juan Cole ‏@jricole 19m

Interesting possibility that a Left-Libertarian alliance in Congress could defeat Syria resolution

Glenn Greenwald ‏@ggreenwald 19m

Yes RT @jricole Interesting possibility that a Left-Libertarian alliance in Congress could defeat Syria resolution
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If they watched the UK debate, they won't authorize. I don't think the House will authorize, it's the Senate that's up in the air.

Start calling NOW!

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Will They or Won't They? [View all] boston bean Aug 2013 OP

Other: I hope they don't. At this point I have no idea. nt snappyturtle Aug 2013 #1

There's no political capital to be gained by voting for it. rug Aug 2013 #2

Need a list of who's up for reelection leftstreet Aug 2013 #3

They will, but perhaps with a strange coalition cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #4

Up in the air. The Left-Liberterian alliance just may defeat this Catherina Aug 2013 #5

Hard to predict. ... spin Aug 2013 #6

The House Rethugs will do whatever that will stymie and/or embarrass him the most. UTUSN Aug 2013 #7

Good points. Republicans could vote YES and back Obama into a corner npk Aug 2013 #9

Another thread, plus DevonRex's post/below ("depends on Israel") have made me go hmmm UTUSN Aug 2013 #10

It depends on Israel. nt DevonRex Aug 2013 #8

That's a dimension, yip. I'm adding it into my post #10. n/t UTUSN Aug 2013 #11

Depends on which way they straddle the fence and how well they're speechwriters can justify it. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #12

I'll go with "will" LittleBlue Aug 2013 #13