Just 3 or 4 more Democratic Senators and their votes, would have

[pinto]

passed the Webb Amendment, The DC Representation bill, and reinstated the Habeas Corpus standard for detainees.

With a handful of (R) and (I) supporters, we had a majority in each case, yet came up just that short of the 60 needed to bring each to a final, binding vote.

That's how close - and how far - we are to an effective Senate majority.

The '08 elections can't come soon enough.

:kick:

[Kelly Rupert]

1. Weeks like this

should remind people that no matter how much you dislike Democrats who occasionally sell out, they're always better than the alternative.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. lieberman?

we HAD an alternative, and AIPAC and the GOoPers got him in.

[Kelly Rupert]

5. The Indie Lieberman defeated the Democrat Lamont in 2006.

He isn't a Democrat. Any Democrat is better than any Republican.

(And on most social issues, Lieberman is to the left of the Republicans; he's at least better than a Brownback)

[MissWaverly]

9. Joe just registered as a Dem last week

he put his finger to the wind and sees 2008 coming up and has decided to have another epiphany about his commitments.

[Kelly Rupert]

10. Registered to vote, you mean

As a Senator, he's still an "Independent Democrat."

And he isn't up in 2008, btw.

[MissWaverly]

15. yes, I know his position is set in stone but what does it mean

when he is now registered as a member of the Democratic Party, yes I know that he will be with us for 6 years.
argh.

[Kelly Rupert]

16. It doesn't mean anything.

He hasn't breathed a word about switching parties to the Dems.

[MissWaverly]

17. Oh, right, they don't listen to Fox

and have not been privy to Joe's soul searching since the 06 election.

:-)

[TwilightGardener]

2. Needed four more Dems--hopefully that will come from VA, NH, MN, and either CO or NE in '08.

[pinto]

4. Yeah. It would be sweet.

:thumbsup:

[Cabcere]

11. I'm going to stick my neck out here

and say that VA will probably be one of those in '08. :) Mark Warner was a pretty damn good governor - even the Repubs didn't have too many bad things to say about him, from what I can tell - and I heard a rumor that his competition might be...drum roll please...Jim Gilmore. :rofl: Plus, the name recognition thing - I hate to say it, but a lot of people won't know the difference between John and Mark, and will vote for the Warner that appears on the ballot. :shrug: I guess we'll see, though.

[Cha]

12. That would be great..two Dem

Senators from Virginia!

[Cabcere]

13. I'll be doing what I can.

:hi: Mark Warner and Jim Webb would be a heck of a team, I think! :)

[Cha]

14. Stellar!

:hi:

[pwb]

6. 3 or 4 more republicans would have passed it today.

future gains for democrats will come in 08. The republican war party is history.

[MikeDuffy]

7. Veto proof? Ignore proof? Supreme court overturn proof?

I probably overlooked some other Republican "democratic" techniques...

[Bitwit1234]

8. And not one republican will vote for any bill

Do they think they are still going to win their elections. That should be part of the campaign their opponents wage against them.