[screw boll]

Instead of attacking only Bush for his moderate speech, the Conservative base should vote-out of office and attack these Republicans who block any progress in the Senate.

[sharpee]

Time to send DeWine another letter.

[kerryusama04]

Amen to #1

[benjamin032]

Hey, we'll have none of that "responsibility" talk around here mister. Let's just keep electing the RINO's so we have stuff to complain about.

[MNJohnnie]

Instead of mindlessly attacking the GOP maybe the DNC "Virtual Campaigners" pretending to be "Betrayed Conservatives should point out who voted for and against the bill.

Here who is voted for the strict Border Enforcement bill in the US Senate. Notice which party the vast majority belong too? Squealing at your own side may make "Conservatives" feel good, it does NOT get the Conservative ball moved down the field.

Voting for Strict Border Enforcement

Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---40 Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bond (R-MO) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Conrad (D-ND) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Frist (R-TN) Grassley (R-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) McConnell (R-KY) Nelson (D-NE) Roberts (R-KS) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Stabenow (D-MI) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Wyden (D-OR)

Voted against Strict Border Enformcement.

NAYs ---55 Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brownback (R-KS) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Clinton (D-NY) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Craig (R-ID) Dayton (D-MN) DeWine (R-OH) Dodd (D-CT) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Graham (R-SC) Hagel (R-NE) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Obama (D-IL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Salazar (D-CO) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Shelby (R-AL) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA)

Not Voting - 5 Cochran (R-MS) Gregg (R-NH) Lott (R-MS) McCain (R-AZ) Rockefeller (D-WV)

[goalinestan]

Seriously, is there anyone who can rationally explain why these R's voted like this?

Am I just incredibly stupid and missing something here?

[rhombus]

Agreed. Norm Coleman on this list surprised me. Why did McCain not vote? Is he dodging the issue?

[sharpee]

Time to send DeWine and Voinovich another letter.

[taxcontrol]

Funny, notice the states where they are from.... see any SW states? Notice how the states that are disproportionally effected by Mexican illegal immigration are all for security first.

[Darkwolf377]

Yep--why would we want to sit home and toss out conservatives? Better to work to get rid of Libs in the primaries.

Which of these is up for re-election?

[rhombus]

Do Collins and Snowe ever disagree about anything? It's like Me and MiniMe from Me (Maine).

[The South Texan]

Wyden the liberal from Oregon voted for this approach. WTH is going on when a lib is for it and Brownback a "conservative" is against it?

[Old_Mil]

Republican Senators Who Voted Against Border Enforcement:

Bennett (UT)
Brownback (R-KS)
Chafee (RI)
Coleman (MN)
Collins (ME)
Craig (ID)
DeWine (OH)
Graham (SC)
Hagel (NE)
Lugar (IN)
Martinez (FL)
Murkowski (AK)
Shelby (AL)
Snow (ME)
Specter (PA)
Stevens (AK)
Voinovich (OH)
Warner (VA)

If you are a conservative republican, you may want to note the above and vote appropriately if said names stand for re-election.

[Soul Seeker]

Those Republicans and Democrats that voted against the enforcement first amendment endorse Bush's approach. Wrap your mind around that reality.

[dirtboy]

Instead of attacking only Bush for his moderate speech, the Conservative base should vote-out of office and attack these Republicans who block any progress in the Senate.

They both want the same thing, so your distinction is rather puzzling.

[slowhand520]

At this point what's the difference if the democrats win back the Senate. Republicans vote like them any way. We would basically get the same result. Two things:

1. Lincoln Chafee, Mike Dewine, Voinavich, Collins, Snow and Specter are A holes

2. Hillary talks tough on immigration but her votes tell the real story. Republicans better exploit her vote in this

[RexBeach]

What's the matter with John Warner? He voted against strict enforecement first? God, that's crazy.

[Peach]

CNN has a poll just up, and the results are staggeringly in the president's favor. 79 percent of those who watched had a very favorable or favorable view of the speech, and those who support the president's policies rose in number from 42 to 67 percent.

From the Corner:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YmY4Y2MxOGM1OWY2Njk1ZWM2NGNlN2ViNjhmMzU2OTQ

[philman_36]

Instead of attacking only Bush for his moderate speech, the Conservative base should vote-out of office and attack these Republicans who block any progress in the Senate.
Great! Mid term elections are in November, aren't they?
If I were in charge of televised news I'd have cut-ins for every vote taken while this is being debated.
Up to the minute news, indeed.

[BlueStateDepression]

I have not read the bill but....

This seems as striking as the Duncan Hunter bill that put the dems on the spot about removing troops from Iraq.

Again it shows that the Senate is where the REAL problem is.

Even though I disagree with W in part about this issue he did the right thing sending the ball to Congress' side of the net. Seems they missed the ball entirely with this vote.


Simply amazing.

The senate really isn't listening to the people.

[Antoninus]

As I've said many times, our Republican majority in the Senate is an illusion. Until 7 to 10 of these fakes get tossed in favor of conservatives, we'll get nothing done on this issue, and little done on the other agenda items.