Reply #20: shance, We're cool. No intent to put anything in your mouth...haha

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I dearly wanted a bunch of the "fellows" and Hillary to vote with Boxer. A little oral history...At the Lafayette Park Rally, a seemingly reliable source said that Boxer would make the objection with the support of the Senators who ended up debating on her side (including Reid, Obama, Dodd, Clinton, Lautenberg and Weyden). Everybody took that to mean they would vote with her against certification. You can imagine the sense of exhilaration at the thought of Reid et al all voting with Boxer. Well, you know Capitol Hill politics, "support" meant a "letter of memorandum" supporting her (I'd like to see that if it's around) and "support" in the debate but not the "vote." Yikes.

In any event, I'm looking at the glass as half full on this one. I agree with you, it would have been better government AND politics for them to vote with her given the tepid response of the Repukes and the general stupidity of the press in their lack of coverage. I just about feinted on Friday morning when I saw the Washington Post front page without a mention of this unique event (I never buy it but figured on that day I would just for the headline).

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