[rcocean]

The majority whip was on TV on Monday AM saying they had the votes.

There are 55 Repubs. They only needed 50. Why is it that Reid kept every single Democrat on his side, and we, with the backing of the White House, couldn't keep 50 out of 55 senators? We couldn't even get 1 of 45 Democrats to switch sides.

The majority can bribe and threaten, especially with the help of the white house, yet they couldn't keep party discipline to get an UP or DOWN vote.

The only explanation is that the whole thing was a dog and pony show. This has going on since November. And the end result - nothing.

[mississippi red-neck]

You are exactly right.

A good leader with 55 seats could have won this standing on his head.

He should have even been able to get at least a half a dozen or so Democrats.

With all these base closings on the table all they had to do was tell the number of Senators both Democrats and Republicans they needed , if they wanted to get a base off the list they could vote my way.

If they wanted to get or keep a base on the list cross me. Instant lock vote. Piss poor leadership.

The time was ideal.I guess they saved the base closing club for Social Security,keeping the borders open, or some other money driven agenda.

This time I think they made that mistake once too often.

The American people wanted these black-robed, one man, unelected legislative branches reigned in.