The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Rejected...but with a higher yes count than last year's attempt. Not comforting.

I got this email from a gay activist friend of mine:

This vote was better than expected. The gay bashers were claiming that they would have a majority. Our side picked up two GOP votes, Specter and Judd Gregg. Chris Dodd and Jay Rockefeller, who would have voted with us, were absent. Chuck Hagel, who would have voted against us, is in Omaha with the President. If everyone was present, the vote would have been 50-50. That means the Vice President would have had to break the tie. Now, that would have been interesting. (Of course, with a cloture vote, the 50-50 tie doesn't matter, but it's still fun to think about.)