Republicans blocked Chuck Hagel's nomination for defense secretary (CNN email)

[applegrove]

Republicans blocked Chuck Hagel's nomination for defense secretary, with Democrats failing to get the votes to break a filibuster.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it's the first time a nominee for secretary of defense has been filibustered.

The Democrats mustered 58 votes, falling two short in the procedural vote, amid GOP questions about the former Republican senator's finances, as well as remaining tensions with the White House over last year's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.

(CNN Breaking News Email)

[TwilightGardener]

1. Assholes.

[riverbendviewgal]

2. Well, I hope this points out how it is imperative that Democratics win in 2014

start doing the footwork and phone work and get organized....

and If I were in Texas I would be a pitball on getting good candidates....Turn Texas blue now.

Ted Cruz must go when his time is up.....

He is dangerous and sickening

[Blue Idaho]

7. If a sixty vote majority is the only way anything will get done in DC...

We might as well switch off the lights, lock the doors, and send everybody home.

[DonCoquixote]

3. Tel Aviv cracked the whip

especially as they know there are many pro israel democrats, and some NOT so pro Israel libertarians like Ron Paul and Grover Norquist. If the GOP became the Anti Zionist party in addition to everything else, they might as well go home and get real jobs.

[Cleita]

4. This would be comic, if it wasn't really fucking up the world with these

obstructionist antics. I suggest we send clown dolls to all these obstructionists with notes asking them to go join the circus because we don't need the circus antics in our government! I would start with Mitch McConnell.

[99th_Monkey]

5. The RePukes are holding out for Dickhead Cheney it would appear.

Obama fucking GIVES them a well-respected REPUBLICAN for god's sake,
and these stupid GOP fucks are smacking their gift-horse in the mouth,
that was trying to feed them something palatable.

Hell, Obama ought to nominate WESLEY CLARK. That would be a brilliant
stroke imho. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Clark

[Blue Idaho]

6. This filibuster brought to you by Harry Reid.

Take a bow Harry, take a bow.