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(19,429 posts) Mon Sep 9, 2013, 11:16 AM Sep 2013

DEM CONGRESSMAN: Obama Is Going To Struggle To Even Get 100 Syria Votes in The House [View all]

Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson doesn't think that President Barack Obama will get 100 votes in favor of his plan for military strikes in Syria — even after the public-relations blitz Obama will put on over the next two days.

"If you do the math, what you're seeing is that Democrats are 2-to-1 or 3-to-1 against among those who have already declared," Grayson (D-Fla.) said in an interview with Business Insider.

"That will remain true. The Republicans are more than 10-to-1 against. I think that will remain true. Project it out by party, and you'll see that the President is going to have to struggle to get to 100 votes here."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/alan-grayson-syria-resolution-house-vote-whip-count-2013-9

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DEM CONGRESSMAN: Obama Is Going To Struggle To Even Get 100 Syria Votes in The House [View all] FarCenter Sep 2013 OP

I think that is what he wants... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #1

Imagining this scenario, sadly: Proud Public Servant Sep 2013 #2

And if the House votes it down tweeternik Sep 2013 #4

Then no grounds for Proud Public Servant Sep 2013 #7

The President has ceded all high ground Crimson76 Sep 2013 #11

Exactly! (nt) Proud Public Servant Sep 2013 #13

That is not an unimaginable scenerio. HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #5

or in another scenario...Russia forces Assad to turn over chemical weapons to International VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #8

I'm not talking about Assad Proud Public Servant Sep 2013 #12

Oh really? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #14

Now all we have to do Proud Public Servant Sep 2013 #15

Senate vote might be close... HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #3

I sure hope Carolina Sep 2013 #6

Thinkprogress has it 238 NO and 42 YES as of 9/9, so Rep Grayson is likely right. andym Sep 2013 #9

The only way to get Republicans to vote yes would be to cave on every other Republican demand. FarCenter Sep 2013 #10