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To: Preachin'
I think the democrats let her through to embarrass Frist.

What am I missing here? How could the Dems "let" Owens through the committee? It was a party-line vote, wasn't it? All Owens needed was for the Republicans to show up and vote in solidarity, right?

90 posted on 04/21/2005 11:54:57 AM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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To: Kenny Bunkport

She may be out of committee, but she still hasn't had a floor vote---and that is when the poo-poo is gonna hit the fan, because the dems are saying that she would have to have 60 votes to be confirmed---

The GOP is saying no, just a simple majority of 51 votes--

THAT is when the filibuster starts, unless the dems have decided to hold their fire until the Supreme nominee, but I doubt it because after the Bolton fiasco, they know they have the GOP senators on defense, not offense.

So they are gonna go for the hail-mary and send out Drew Pearson---


96 posted on 04/21/2005 12:02:13 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice!)
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