Update: Barney Frank Thurs morning: 'Unless There Are Some Liars' DADT Repeal Has 62 Senate votes

[Tx4obama]

UPDATE: Dec. 16, 10:05 a.m. -

The Senate has at least 62 votes to repeal the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said Thursday morning.

"I have to give Joe Lieberman credit. We were told, Steny Hoyer was told by the Senate leadership, and particularly by Senator Lieberman -- Senator Collins and I will give her credit too, she has been good on this from our standpoint -- that if we passed it as a separate bill that would help," Frank said on the Sirius XM Satellite Radio show "POTUS." "There are at least 62 senators -- more than the 60 that is needed under that outrageous filibuster rule, but at least we have even met that -- who are committed to repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' It was tied up with other things and they said they couldn't do it until they got a tax bill worked out, until they got the spending bill. All the obstacles that people have said existed to a straight up-or-down vote have now been met. And unless there are some liars in the Senate, we are going to get this done."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/15/hoyer-senate-votes-dadt-repeal_n_797426.html

[RKP5637]

Recommend!!! n/t

[JonLP24]

1. K&R

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

2. Won't believe it until the vote actually takes place! The Republicans are sneaky,

evil bastards. I don't trust anything they say!

[rurallib]

7. totally agree. A stubbed toe could change their vote.

[supernova]

3. Well, good news

maybe?

:dilemma:

[hlthe2b]

4. If Lieberman pulls this out, will GLBT and others rally around him

for his "reelection" bid?

[sharp_stick]

5. I think Holy Joe

has burned a few too many bridges to actually win reelection. I don't think he'll have enough one issue voters to pull this out.

He's a master at the last second dodge but his support for McPalin in 2008 pretty much doomed him in CT. At least I hope it doomed him in CT, one of the few States not to punt a Democratic congresscritter in the last cycle.

[rucky]

6. We deserve a win.

long overdue.

[Tx4obama]

8. Lieberman: DADT Repeal Should Come Before START

From TPM:

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) says that repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell should get an earlier slot on the Senate calendar than ratifying President Obama's new nuclear arms reduction START treaty. In the past couple days, momentum has formed behind the Lieberman-led effort to end the military's ban on openly gay servicmembers, and Lieberman is calling on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to keep the ball rolling.

"It's really up to Sen. Reid now," Lieberman told MSNBC today.

[Tx4obama]

9. Senator Harry Reid's Thursday statement on DADT on the link below

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=439

[Heidi]

10. There are liars and homophobes among Democrats.

I think we all know that. :-(

[Tx4obama]

11. But many many many more amongst the republicans. n/t

[Heidi]

15. Republicans should not be the standard against which we as Democrats measure ourselves. (nt)

[lame54]

13. that's why he called them out...

anybody who backs out now has already been called a liar

[aquart]

12. It would be nice if they could do one decent thing.

[Tx4obama]

14. Update: Scott Brown and Lisa Murkowski DADT quotes

Scott Brown And Lisa Murkowski Back Standalone DADT Repeal Bill
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/report-scott-brown-and-lisa-murkowski-back-dadt-repeal.php?ref=fpa

* New quotes on the link above.