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Politics_Guy25 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:29 PM Original message |
Joe Lieberman was live on MSNBC just now-Senate has 61 votes to repeal DADT |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. They Need To Strike While The Iron Is Hot, Get It Done NOW! |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:32 PM Original message |
To be fair, Brown, Snow and Murkowski have NOT said they'd vote to end cloture... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. "DADT is a more important priority to pass now than START." |
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Politics_Guy25 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I say that only because |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Don't know if that is true... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Actually, there's a greater chance of the courts ending DADT before any new Congress ratifies START |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Enough vote for START next year? They don't have them now, otherwise it would have been ratified |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. They have them now - they got 66 votes for cloture and Bayh did not vote |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Joe Lieberman may have no idea on the votes on START and has a vested interest in this |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. repealing DADT before the end of this congress would be another |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. If true, why the hell wouldn't they take care of it NOW!!! |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. I agree that he made sense. If we don't do it now, he's afraid it will never be |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Joe is in this for himself |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Okay - I'd agree with you on Kerry being more trustworthy than Lieberman. nt |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. I can't believe this but |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ha-ha! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. Finally, something to celebrate. n/t |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. Good news. |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R...n/t |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. If they had the votes it would have been passed by now. The republicans have no reason to vote |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Maybe you should turn on CSPAN and hear Senator Lugar explaining why |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. It should not be a partisan issue, but the republicans don't want any foreign policy successes for |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. did lieberfuckenputz just doom it? |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. She's been very strong on this issue ever since it came up. She interviewed a lesbian couple |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. He Doesn't Have 61 IMHO Unhtil The Tax Cut Issue Is Resolved |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Exactly. n/t |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. START is extremely important to pass now too |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. There's a VERY good reason Reid doesn't bring it up for a vote yet- |
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Politics_Guy25 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yeah there is no excuse not to do both |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
27. START could still pass in the next Congress |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. It will never pass as long as the republicans have so many seats. It is not |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yeah.. Uh-huh. |
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