My point is that ANY dynamic in ANY undecided district can alter the vote. The panel simply cannot know all the dynamics and tactics being employed in all these districts over the next couple of days.
I have reviewed the entire Whip Count at The Hill and we still have a 50-50 shot of Pelosi having to pull the bill.
Don’t believe all of the RAT misinformation.
Never, never, never surrender.
“My point is that ANY dynamic in ANY undecided district can alter the vote. The panel simply cannot know all the dynamics and tactics being employed in all these districts over the next couple of days.”
The panel knows it’s not really as close as it seems. When Pelosi takes this to the floor for the final vote, she will have extra congresscritters in her pocket if she needs their votes. The question isn’t really if she can get to 216, the question is which Democrats have to vote for it and which do not.
The point is, this whole thing is nothing but a game. The Democrats, the media and the Republicans to some degree all pretty much know this. The Democrats HAVE the votes. The plugged-in media mostly know they do but want to make it a big drama for ratings purposes. The Republicans know it as well but want to make this as painful as possible as something of a deterrent.
The people rose up in Massachusetts and mucked up the Left’s original plan, but with the kind of majorities that the Democrats have there is just no way to stop some of these things. Elections matter, and sadly there are fewer and fewer producers and more and more useless eaters and leeches.