Posted on 12/20/2010 7:23:48 PM PST by broken_arrow1
WASHINGTON -- Senator John F. Kerry, laboring to achieve a foreign policy victory that would be a highlight of his career, gained crucial support yesterday for a nuclear arms control treaty with Russia from his Massachusetts colleague, Republican Senator Scott Brown.
Brown's backing gave Kerry additional momentum heading into a possible vote today. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry is President Obama's man in charge of trying to lock down the two-thirds support of the Senate -- 67 votes if every members shows up required to ratify the New START pact.
Kerry and other senators have predicted passage but as of last evening there had not yet been enough public declarations of support to push it over the top.
Brown said he would buck GOP Senate leadership and vote in favor of the treaty, which would reduce nuclear warheads by approximately one third, late yesterday after a secret intelligence briefing for senators. It was the second dramatic move across the aisle by Brown in the last week. On Saturday, he supported repealing the military's ``don't ask, don't tell'' policy banning gays and lesbians in the military.
"Ive done my due diligence, and Im going to be ... ultimately supporting the START treaty," Brown told reporters in the Capitol. "I believe its something thats important for our country, and I believe that its a good move forward to deal with our national security issues.
Brown was among 18 senators Secretary of State Hillary Clinton contacted about the treaty.
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Yes, that’s the same Brown. They were caught up in the euphoria of a Republican unexpectedly winning Teddy Kenndey’s seat and his conservative rhetoric against Obamacare. His looks didn’t hurt either...
Alright, you also had some Tea Party types who are new to politics and passionate and I admire that. But these people as newbies to this game were naive and thought he’d be their champion on every issue despite hailing from Massachusetts. They’ve since been disillusioned on him.
I supported Brown but only as the 41st vote against Obamacare. After that I didn’t care if he won his next election in 2012.
If only Cosmo, or whomever, had paid him more for his centerfold.
This is why there’s no room in the party for RINO’s. For all the world, he’s a republican, but he really isn’t.
Freepers that helped this waste, please call and whisper in his ear what we think of his hypocrisy.
From now on, he should only be referred to as Scott Coakley.
Bye Bye Brownee in 2012.
Tax-a-chussetts sent us another IDIOT....
“Tax-a-chussetts sent us another IDIOT....”
Well, but that’s a step up from the murderers, buggerers and gigolos they usually send us, right? Ded Kennedy (D-HELL) would have been celebrating these little victories, but fortunately, he is now too dead to do so. I wouldn’t have been surprised to see him propped up on the stage theough, to be Fank about it ... if you pardon the expression ...
Guess he’s more interested in protecting his own military commission than he is in protecting America.
What a pity.
I call him Collins and Snowe’s third sister.
LOL.
an accident hit/glitch in the “post” function. :) but yes, I do mean it.
"Watch as your father advances himself by prostitution
by first selling out conservatives who funded him,
then the GOP under whose banner he ran,
... and then finally, America, herself for our Obama and Russia."
What’d you say? I didn’t hear you the fourth time.
Morning Bell: Release the START Negotiating Record
Why hide the record...?
"Weekend at Teddy's"
Hilarious.....”Weekend at Teddy’s”
Yeah ... propped up in a corner, holding a martini, standing there in his boxers.
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