Sen. Manchin Tells Reporters His Expanded Background Checks Amendment Will Fail In The Senate Today

Mediaite ^ | April 17, 2013 | Noah Rothman

[Georgia Girl 2]

Pat Toomey is learning the valuable lesson that fraternizing with the enemy can be a real career buster.

[TxAg1981]

I hope that Toomey realizes that he grossly underestimated the fury, resolve, and (hopefully) long memory of his constituents.
I hope this is an example to Senators of a Line in the Sand. You Senators can betray our trust on many things and be forgiven.
But, ON THIS ISSUE there is no forgiveness.

[Cboldt]

Doesn't have 60.

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order for the Manchin-Toomey amendment No. 715 to be set aside and the following amendments be in order to be called up: Grassley substitute amendment consistent with the summary, which is at the desk; Leahy-Collins amendment No. 713, trafficking; Cornyn amendment No. 719, conceal carry; Feinstein amendment No. 711, assault weapons-clip bans; Burr amendment No. 720, veterans-guns; Lautenberg-Blumenthal amendment No. 714, high-capacity clip ban; Barrasso amendment No. 717, privacy; and Harkin-Alexander amendment relative to mental health, the text of which is at the desk; that following leader remarks on Wednesday, April 17, the time until 4 p.m. be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees to debate the amendments concurrently; that at 4 p.m., the Senate proceed to vote in relation to the Manchin amendment No. 715; that upon disposition of the Manchin amendment, the Senate proceed to votes in relation to the remaining pending amendments in the order listed; that all amendments be subject to a 60-affirmative vote threshold; that no other amendments or motions to commit be in order to any of these amendments or the bill prior to the votes; that there be 2 minutes equally divided prior to each vote, and all after the first vote be 10-minute votes.

[quimby]

I think the bombing helped kill this bill that was already on life support. The Sandy Hook weeping (on camera) moms trying to keep it going are old news now. The Cameras have moved up to Boston.

You got. Its like Boston broke the fever. No wonder obama looked so somber and unemotional at the monday statement reading. They had the whole week scheduled for photo ops/interviews.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”I think the bombing helped kill this bill that was already on life support. The Sandy Hook weeping (on camera) moms trying to keep it going are old news now. The Cameras have moved up to Boston.
....
You got. Its like Boston broke the fever. No wonder obama looked so somber and unemotional at the monday statement reading. They had the whole week scheduled for photo ops/interviews.”

Its actually sweet how it played out.

Last week they had that Senate vote on debate which gave the libs a false sense of victory as they gloated while here were endless complaints about GOP selling out again.

An outside observer would think it was over.

But it was not all well in spite with a weak bill still missing key support with upcoming amendments and even the amnesty RINO club bailing, and Schumer warning about parts of the bill(or amendments)
Palin and then Levin must have got the message that this bill was going down and tried to jump out in front Monday or Tuesday, (’it was our statements’),

Now this puts the final bullet in the bills head.

Obama gets nothing.

[Buckeye McFrog]

In an interview with the Tribune-Review this morning, Toomey was defiant and unapologetic. Saying "this is about common sense, not politics", he added "let the chips fall where they may, if I run again."

Sounds to me like he knows he's toast and it's back to the think-tank for Pat.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I see a good career in midlevel management at Walmart for Pat. :-)

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— . Its like Boston broke the fever. No wonder obama looked so somber and unemotional at the monday statement reading. They had the whole week scheduled for photo ops/interviews. ——

The only way he was able to feign even remote concern. Afterall, the bombing was just the chickens coming home to roost

[matt04]

I was thinking McDonalds fryolator cleaner.

[Soul of the South]

“Pat Toomey is learning the valuable lesson that fraternizing with the enemy can be a real career buster.”

So far it hasn’t hurt John McCain or Lindsay Graham in their home states.

[Theodore R.]

About nall we learned from all this is that Manchin has a YACHT! Do WV voters, who pride themselves on their poverty, know that? I guess Rockefeller has a yacht too.

[Theodore R.]

And even ol’ Strom Thurmond was reaching left in his later days too — backed D.C. statehood for instance. I don’t remember his vote on King Day, but I think he may have been for it.

[Georgia Girl 2]

2 very vocal opponents are getting ready to run again’st Gramnesty next go around. He’s very likely going to be primaried. His numbers are tanking in SC.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Pure dumb luck for our side.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Pure dumb luck for our side.”

And a good issue to oppose. Its a little like how the GOP set themselves up on the tax fight at the end of the year, they jumped right in the trap.

So now Obama cried wolf on sequester and then on gun control. If he walks away he looks stupid when it dies in the Dem controlled Senate, after that procede vote. (MSNBC declared victory :"WE beat the NRA...HA-HA")

Pretty sweet!

[Stentor]

Thus Pat Toomey ends his political career for absolutely FREAKIN’ NOTHING!!!!!

I used to be one of his few votes in Philly.

[Billthedrill]

So the booze-fueled yacht party didn’t result in “stroke of a pen, law of the land” after all. Mr. Toomey? Your constituents may want a little word with you. BTT.

[Stentor]

I hope that Toomey realizes that he grossly underestimated the fury...

Is that what this melted earwax and singed nose hair is all about?

[stephenjohnbanker]

Yep.

[Friendofgeorge]

That works also