Frist voted NO on Cloture

[Maddy McCall]

Huh? WTF?

[Fiona]

1. I just heard that....

I share your WTF?

[Maddy McCall]

2. Isn't he one of Bolton's most vocal advocates?

:hi:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. so then please tell me what the fuck is wrong with Mary Landrieu!!

[Maddy McCall]

9. Landrieu is a conservative Democrat.

Sure, she's impressed us once or twice with her posturing, but her constituency is pretty damned Republican, and she knows it.

[fujiyama]

17. That's still a poor excuse

Her state is one of the poorest in the nation, yet she bends over backwards to do the bidding of corporations.


And when Frist votes against cloture, wtf is Landrei doing voting FOR it?

[leftofthedial]

4. I think the corpofascists are just fucking with us now

[progressiveboston]

5. Could it be???

That Moustache Ride doesn't have enough votes???

[FrenchieCat]

6. The Dems had won....even without Frist's vote....

Frist wants to spin it. He can only do that if he votes no. When asked why....hold on to your head. The Exorcist has nothing on this guy!

[Rose Siding]

7. He must not have had enough votes to confirm

Baffling -but that would explain Voinovich's Aye

[tritsofme]

8. I believe it is a parliamentary tactic

So he can call another vote for cloture.

[Richard Steele]

11. That might explain it....n/t

[Rosco T.]

10. Up-or-Down!!! Up-or-Down!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Hypocrite!

[gratuitous]

12. Parliamentary maneuver?

If memory serves (and it very well may not), only someone who cast a "no" vote on a cloture motion can bring the motion again, or some such obscure rule. So, if cloture is not going to be invoked, the Republicans need someone trustworthy on the "no" side to bring the motion again. And who better than the Catkiller?

[Nite Owl]

14. So he traded with

Voinovich so he could be the no.

[tritsofme]

19. Voinovich could oppose Bolon but still vote for cloture

That's how Bolton will eventually be confirmed, with many Democrats voting for cloture, and voting against his nomination.

Frist needed to vote against cloture in order to call for another cloture vote.

[rocktivity]

13. I overheard Tweety say something

about how McCain was standing next to Frist as if he were the "majority co-leader." Maybe that's because he IS majority co-leader!

:headbang:
rocknation

[eleny]

15. Randi is speculating

Something must be coming out about Bolton that's b-a-a-a-a-d. This is so wild!

[kliljedahl]

20. Could it be this?

From a post I saw earlier:Was Bolton Behind Death of State Department Official?

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1811651&mesg_id=1811651


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[DoBotherMe]

16. "he voted against it before he voted for it"

[bunny planet]

18. either this was the trade for Owens, or there really is something very bad

about Bolton that's about to come out. Or, hows this, the Republicans never really thought Bolton could pass anyway and they just put him up as a red herring, used him as a bargaining chip behind closed doors to get judges in. They didn't care whether he got in or not. I've always been suspicious of all the Repub talking points about how much the President has riding on this nomination etc., but then I'm suspicious of just about everything this administration and their mouthpieces say.