[Kenton]

I may be mistaken, but Byrd has been missing from the Senate a lot lately, and at 91 is probably not going to be around much longer. At any rate, Teddy K's timely departure still puts the Obamies at 59, meaning no filibuster-proof majority.

I'd love to see the Republicans take advantage of that and filibuster hell out of this Obamanation, just to rub their noses in it.

[Eleutheria5]

So now we’ve got No. 8: He died just in time to deprive the Dems of their magic number for health scare, provided the Republicans have a little backbone.

We need just two more. Come on. Anybody with two more nice things to say about Theodore? After that, we’ve done our duty to commemorate him, and can just wait for them to bury the cad. Two more? Hello?