SENATE ESTRADA FILIBUSTER (Live Thread)

I'm out, this is going to be a long night, see you all tomorrow.

Why do the Dems have to make sure there is a quorum?

I almost hope it does go on all night. See how often they want to push for filabusters afterwards.

This is hard-core, flesh-grinding politics now. Exactly what many people on this site call for consistantly.

Playing not just hard-ball, but razor-sharp-spiked-ball is what Frist is doing now. Winning in these type of political fights is not making a Jimmy Stewart speech then fading to credits, it's a slow, methodical, ruthless wearing down of your opponents, and we haven't seen this since the late 50's briefly.

Refuse to give up the floor, refuse to shutdown the Senate for the day, refuse to allow a quoram to dissolve. It's like it's the 1880's again! Back then, one of the strategies was to work the older Senators so hard they would collapse or die. With Strom and Jesse now out of harms way, it appears that we can force Byrd and Hollings into a collapsing situation. Hard ball: you wanted it, now you get to see it live on TV.

"Two things that people should never watch being made are sausage and politics" - Mark Twain

Do you know why Breaux is voting "no" ?

Keep it up Frist.

Make it a real Fillibuster.

From Bob Novak's February 17th Column:

"An alternative to cloture votes is around-the-clock sessions, a technique unseen in the Senate for some 40 years. This goes far beyond last week's token night sessions (until 12:50 a.m. Wednesday night and 11:15 p.m. Thursday night). It would take courage and discipline to pursue this ugly process: cots brought into the Capitol, 3 a.m. quorum calls, sergeants-at-arms sent out to arrest absentee senators. There is no guarantee of success, but this tactic has broken filibusters in bygone years."

Evenin' Miss Marple, delivery 51 mattresses for you, ma'am or would rather we deliver them to the Capitol?:

Good point. This reminds me of a football team that has controlled the ball all game. Both sides of the ball are exhausted, but the offense has the advantage because they are in control.

Please stay on this thread.
Your explanations make this confusion easier to understand.

Call the Senate GOP cloakroom......

Sleep Well.

Won't be over tonight anyway.

FREEP the senators!!!!

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Yes that was a change or compromise for his original request for a vote at midnight last night with the time remaining to that vote split equally between the two sides... that didn't fly .... so after the quorum call he offered to extend to Monday evening... that was objected to... now another quorum .... we'll see what he offers next....

I'm loving every minute of this!

We have a cable router for all our computers to be hooked up to the cable .. if I can get a wireless card/router I can hook it to the laptop and surf while sitting on a nice comfortable couch or in bed ..

But nooooooooooooooooo the hubby hasn't gotten around to doing it yet .. *L*

I love it when a plan comes together!

Fun, isn't it? Hehehehe...

I hope you are right. I'm so afraid that the Republicans will cave. They do appear to have picked a fight along with the prez today. Hillary appears to be spear-heading this revolt, as she is defending pro-abortion forces. It's going to be whoever blinks first. And it will be spun as a victory Dubya or Hillary.

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But our guys won't be getting any sleep either, will they? They're Republicans darn it, they don't need no stinkin' sleep! I'm just wondering if the senatorial species of Rats is nocturnal?

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