HCR Reconciliation Count Thread (Updated). We still don't have the votes

[Suji to Seoul]

We need at least 50 to force a Biden tie breaker vote. By my count, including the Republicans, it's 48 - 48 - 4 for Reconciliation.

Let's look at the 26 who have stated to use Reconciliation (according to Countdown). Let's assume we have those:

Feinstein, Kerry, Sanders, Brown, Whitehouse, Bennet, Burris, Gillibrand, Merkeley, Franken, Leahy, Schumer, Reed, Boxer, Udall, Mikulski, Shaheen, Lautenberg, Durbin, Specter, Casey, Dorgan, Cardin, Bingamen, Menendez, Wyden

The following are definite "yes" votes: (22 total yes votes)
Byrd - WV; Udall - CO; Rockefeller - WV; Kohl - WI; Feingold - WI; Inouye - HI; Akaka - HI; Levin - MI; Stabenow - MI; Tester - MT; Harkin - IA; Webb - VA; Warner - VA; Dodd - CT; Murray - WA; Cantwell - WA; Carper - DE; Kaufman - DE; McCaskill - MO; Klobuchar - MN; Bayh - IN

Reid - NV (if the votes are there)

I just put Bayh into a yes, seeing how he will more than likely now vote his conscience and the idea to me is that he doesn't support Reconciliation as a first option, but does support the PO.

The following are definite "maybe" votes: (4) votes
Begich - AK (being a DEM in AK has advantages. He may be one term and we can use that for our advantage.)
Conrad - ND (Since I have not heard a peep from him, he's in the maybe section. Someone help me out.)
Hagan - NC (Since I have not heard a peep from her, she's in the maybe section. Someone help me out.)
Johnson - SD (Since I have not heard a peep from him, he's in the maybe section. Someone help me out. Conserva-Dem.)

The following are the "no" votes, the Blue Dog, DINO-moles in the Senate: (7 votes)
Baucus - MT (expect revenge for Reid's "spine" on the jobs bill. Too asshole.)
Bill Nelson - FL (no completely. Too bought.)
Ben Nelson - NE (no completely. Too selfish.)
Pryor - AR (No chance for his vote. Too brain dead.)
Lincoln - AR (COUNTDONW SAID SHE WILL NOT SUPPORT RECONCILIATION.)
Landrieu - LA (COUNTDONW SAID SHE WILL NOT SUPPORT RECONCILIATION.)
Lieberman - CT (COUNTDONW SAID SHE WILL NOT SUPPORT RECONCILIATION.)

We do not have it. Expect 41 no votes (44 with these DINO assholes).

Right now, it's 48 yes, 4 maybe and 7 no.

I will keep this post up and renew it until I can post we have 50 - 51 votes for the Public Option through Reconciliation! This, coupled with Ezra Klein says the Democrats are running scared of this, saying yes publicly and privately poo-pooing it, and I am less than enthusiastic.

Keep up the heat!!!

[Hekate]

1. Kick and Rec

:kick:

[upi402]

2. Senator Cantwell, WA (D) is going to lose that seat

Bet on it.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

3. She's not up for re-election until 2012...

Why do you say that?

[upi402]

4. She will lose in 2012, she's a 'NO' on this

and everything we urgently need to survive. Washington wants a Democrat, not a corporatist. But there will be division and discouragement if she doesn't get out. So it will likely go Republican. But not to her.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

5. Murray is up for re-election this year and she's the one that's going to have

a huge problem on her hands getting re-elected.

edit: Cantwell is a "yes" on this.

[upi402]

6. Cantwell was reported in the 'against' column on the TV news

are you certain she's a YES? I called her office and asked and they just said they'd pass it along to her. That's great news if she is for it! Link?

[Suji to Seoul]

9. If that is correct and I am wrong, I will move Cantwell tomorrow.

If so, it is very disappointing.

That will make it 47 - 49 - 4.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

12. I have a call into her office.

I will confirm when I hear back from them.

[upi402]

13. Thank you! Please post. You've lifted my hopes

I heard she was a 'NO' on MSNBC by the way.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Proud that both of my senators (NY) are on board... K&R for exposure.

Seems to me that I heard somewhere (MSNBC?) that Hagan (NC) was also on board... :kick:

[bobburgster]

8. Thanks for your efforts.

:-)

[Mari333]

10. some severe strong arming needs to be done

[Hubert Flottz]

11. Looks like my senators heard me...

The ones with their heads up their ass never hear a thing.

[Deep13]

14. I may as well bug Voinovich.

That fucking jellyfish has been a neocon puppet for his whole time in office. He's retiring because he knows he can't win.

[Moochy]

15. Damnable Cowards

One one side you have a huge pile of Healthcare Industry money
And on the other you have angry voters getting sick and dying.

Maybe the democrats not supporting reconciliation think the problem will solve itself?

[Cleita]

16. K&R

But truthfully, I don't have much faith in Washington DC coming up with something useful. I think this will have to be done at local and state levels, piece by piece, until we run the health care corporate run insurance and other industries out of business.