Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Paranoia Worthy of Kaus [Mark Krikorian]
A reader writes:
I used to think that any votes against cloture we (the good guys) got in the first vote could be taken to the bank and be considered safe for the second vote, so we could concentrate on the marginal 'Yes' voters.
What if the Democratic leadership allowed a couple of pro-Amnesty Senators (since they had a comfortable margin on the first vote and could afford it) to vote 'No' on the first cloture vote on the understanding that they would switch back for the second, all-important cloture vote.
Then net result of this would be to convince anti-amnesty forces that we have a five vote deficit to make up when, in fact, we may need seven...
06/26 05:48 PM
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