Thread: Anyone want to play?

Whew, that's a hard one, MW. I'll say by 5.

I think 5-7 votes, i see a major bail on the Amnesty Bill, from what i see it looks really bad, Remember all America is up in arms right now.

Reciprocity wrote:

I think 5-7 votes, i see a major bail on the Amnesty Bill, from what i see it looks really bad, Remember all America is up in arms right now.

Awe come on, make a choice. Is it 5, 6, or 7?

OK, let me make a complete fool of myself and offer my set of predictions for cloture tomorrow.

I've include a list below - for each senator, there is (on the same line) a Yea or Nay indicating that senator's last vote on cloture; followed by my prediction for tomorrow's cloture vote. Let's see how close this ends up...

My overall prediction: Fails: Yes: 58, No: 41 (60 votes needed)


Grouped by Home State

Alabama:
Sessions (R-AL), Nay, NO
Shelby (R-AL), Nay, NO

Alaska:
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay, Yes
Stevens (R-AK), Nay, Yes

Arizona:
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay, Yes
McCain (R-AZ), Yea, Yes

Arkansas:
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea, Yes
Pryor (D-AR), Nay, NO

California:
Boxer (D-CA), Nay, Yes
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea, Yes

Colorado:
Allard (R-CO), Nay, No
Salazar (D-CO), Yea, Yes

Connecticut:
Dodd (D-CT), Yea, Yes
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea, Yes

Delaware:
Biden (D-DE), Yea, Yes
Carper (D-DE), Yea, Yes

Florida:
Martinez (R-FL), Yea, Yes
Nelson (D-FL), Yea, Yes

Georgia:
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay, NO
Isakson (R-GA), Nay, NO

Hawaii:
Akaka (D-HI), Yea, Yes
Inouye (D-HI), Yea, Yes

Idaho:
Craig (R-ID), Nay, Yes
Crapo (R-ID), Nay, NO

Illinois:
Durbin (D-IL), Yea, Yes
Obama (D-IL), Yea, Yes

Indiana:
Bayh (D-IN), Yea, No
Lugar (R-IN), Yea, Yes

Iowa:
Grassley (R-IA), Nay, No
Harkin (D-IA), Yea, Yes

Kansas:
Brownback (R-KS), Not Voting, Yes
Roberts (R-KS), Nay, NO

Kentucky:
Bunning (R-KY), Nay, NO
McConnell (R-KY), Nay, Yes

Louisiana:
Landrieu (D-LA), Nay, NO
Vitter (R-LA), Nay, NO

Maine:
Collins (R-ME), Nay, Yes
Snowe (R-ME), Nay, Yes

Maryland:
Cardin (D-MD), Yea, Yes
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Yes

Massachusetts:
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea, Yes
Kerry (D-MA), Yea, Yes

Michigan:
Levin (D-MI), Yea, Yes
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea, No

Minnesota:
Coleman (R-MN), Nay, Yes
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea, Yes

Mississippi:
Cochran (R-MS), Nay, No
Lott (R-MS), Nay, Yes

Missouri:
Bond (R-MO), Nay, No
McCaskill (D-MO), Nay, No

Montana:
Baucus (D-MT), Nay, No
Tester (D-MT), Nay, No

Nebraska:
Hagel (R-NE), Yea, Yes
Nelson (D-NE), Yea, Yes

Nevada:
Ensign (R-NV), Nay, No
Reid (D-NV), Yea, Yes

New Hampshire:
Gregg (R-NH), Nay, Yes
Sununu (R-NH), Nay, No

New Jersey:
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea, Yes
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea, NO

New Mexico:
Bingaman (D-NM), Nay, Yes
Domenici (R-NM), Nay, No

New York:
Clinton (D-NY), Yea, Yes
Schumer (D-NY), Yea, Yes

North Carolina:
Burr (R-NC), Nay, Yes
Dole (R-NC), Nay, No

North Dakota:
Conrad (D-ND), Yea, Yes
Dorgan (D-ND), Nay, No

Ohio:
Brown (D-OH), Yea, Yes
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea, Yes

Oklahoma:
Coburn (R-OK), Not Voting, NO
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay, NO

Oregon:
Smith (R-OR), Nay, NO
Wyden (D-OR), Yea, Yes

Pennsylvania:
Casey (D-PA), Yea, Yes
Specter (R-PA), Yea, Yes

Rhode Island:
Reed (D-RI), Yea, Yes
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea, Yes

South Carolina:
DeMint (R-SC), Nay, No
Graham (R-SC), Yea, Yes

South Dakota:
Johnson (D-SD), Not Voting, NV
Thune (R-SD), Nay, NO

Tennessee:
Alexander (R-TN), Nay, NO
Corker (R-TN), Nay, NO

Texas:
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay, NO
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay, NO

Utah:
Bennett (R-UT), Nay, Yes
Hatch (R-UT), Nay, NO

Vermont:
Leahy (D-VT), Yea, Yes
Sanders (I-VT), Nay, NO

Virginia:
Warner (R-VA), Nay, Yes
Webb (D-VA), Nay, NO

Washington:
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea, Yes
Murray (D-WA), Yea, Yes

West Virginia:
Byrd (D-WV), Nay, NO
Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay, NO

Wisconsin:
Feingold (D-WI), Yea, Yes
Kohl (D-WI), Yea, Yes

Wyoming:
Enzi (R-WY), Not Voting, NO
Barrasso (R-WY), (NV), NO

Here's the ones I disagree with you on, PhredE:

Murkowski (R-AK), Nay, Yes
Stevens (R-AK), Nay, Yes
Brownback (R-KS), Not Voting, Yes
McConnell (R-KY), Nay, Yes (I'm going way out on a limb here)
Burr (R-NC), Nay, Yes
Bennett (R-UT), Nay, Yes

Got to stay optimistic and get the 7 that I predicted:

Boxer (D-CA), Nay, Yes
Snowe (R-ME), Nay, Yes
Coleman (R-MN), Nay, Yes

I hoping the process today totally pissed off a lot of Republicans.

BTTT

Come on folks, make your guess. Someones got to win.

MW - I honestly hope you are correct or more correct than me.

Yes, that's a good point about the rather ugly and unprecedented set of interchanges that took place today - especially among the non-believing Republicans and the MOTU (Masters of the Universe) group.

...See what happens...

I liked Sessions speech at the end of debate today..I think he might have woke up some of those idiots...my vote we win by 3

Looks like some of you were right on!!!!! Way to go

PhredE wrote:

MW - I honestly hope you are correct or more correct than me.

I was more correct than you.

Hey, I even got McConnell right. Seriously, I didn't think he'd want to face his voters next year with a "yea" vote on this cloture!