Thank you, StarFan, for the heads up on this one.
I'm trying to stay positive... :o)
Nutmeg, I said in August this was a done deal, and I stick by that. All the interim juggling has been about who gets to opt out and vote against the final bills, who gets bought off (Landrieu). But the final result was never, ever in question. Elections have consequences, and NO Democrat was ever, ever, ever going to stop a piece of leftist legislation. Where is "Holy" Joe Lieberman? Where is "centrist" Ben Nelson or Blanche Lincoln or Byron Dorgan?
But here's the really sad part: if the Dems had come up with only 58 or 59 votes, SNOWE AND/OR COLLINS WOULD HAVE PUT THEM OVER ANYWAY. Yes, they voted with the GOP against cloture---but that was a show because it was a done deal.