Vote on Bolten in 1/2 hour!

[lonestarnot]

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. Senate or Committee?

Link?

[LSparkle]

4. Committee only

and, unfortunately, it's not looking good. Voinovich is going to vote for him in committe, as is Hagel. Alexander is speaking now and I can't figure out if he's a yea or nay.

[Norquist Nemesis]

12. Thanks! Watching now...

Obama on.

[LSparkle]

15. Love your screenname

That bastard has GOT to be stopped before he drags the entire country into the bathtub and drowns it!

[Norquist Nemesis]

18. Thanks...

He is without a doubt Evil Incarnate. I'd really like to see the FBI sitting in on his little weekly soires and investigate him for treasonous activities and inciting government overthrow. Well...I can dream anyway.

[LSparkle]

2. I thought it was going to at 3:15 ET

which is in over an hour ????

[im10ashus]

3. Link it! n/t

[lonestarnot]

6. AAR Announcement!

[Norquist Nemesis]

11. CSPAN3--Here ya go!

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan3_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

(realplayer)

[lancdem]

5. I guess with Voinovich not standing in the way

it will pass?

[lonestarnot]

8. He's not going to vote for the bitch.

[LSparkle]

10. on the Senate floor -- but he's going to let him out of comm.

And Rove will bitchslap all the Thugs into line and/or send PencilDick up to break the tie. I'm feeling really despondent right now.

[lancdem]

16. I know how you feel

I hate this powerlessness!

[LSparkle]

17. Dems are doing everything they can on this one

They're not breaking ranks -- all will vote him down -- and they've brought up some serious stuff that should give the Rethugs pause. It's just that THEY're all in lockstep and aren't allowing reason to enter into their decision-making. They're TOTALLY partisan ... not thinking about the good of the country in the least. Disgusting.

[lancdem]

13. I think he's not going to vote nay or yea

That would leave it 9-8 Repukes.

[LSparkle]

9. Looking that way

Alexander is for, so is Hagel and Voinovich -- so far no Rethugs are voting no. KKKarl got to them, DAMN IT!!!!!!

[lancdem]

14. Karl can be persuasive

in a fascist sort of way.

[acmejack]

7. British MP Galloway agrees to testify before Congress

Unrelated but I can't post this

[im10ashus]

19. Well, the half-hour has come and gone...

...and still no vote. WTF?

[housewolf]

20. I think Senator Martinez is the last speaker

Lugar and Biden may each sum up (or not) and the vote will be very soon.

Looks like they're going to vote it out of the committee to the floor for a vote by the full senate.

[housewolf]

21. oops, I forgot Senator Nelson n/t