Frist made the final NAY vote!

[Tim4319]

What's going on? Was there a deal under the table?

[eleny]

1. Wild huh!

Randi says it must be that something is coming out about Bolton. Woo-hoo!

[FighttheFuture]

12. She's just speculating there...

Unless he's eaten babies and gang-raped kids, I don't think anything worse can come out. Even then, would it make any difference these days?

[eleny]

20. You've got something there!

And yes, she's speculating. No matter what, it's such good news for today. a crack in the wingnut armor is a good deal.

[Floogeldy]

2. I think a "Nay" vote was a vote for cloture.

According to how the question for the vote was phrased.

:)

[montanacowboy]

7. Nay was against cloture

[Floogeldy]

16. My bad - - - Voinovich's Yay vote threw me.

I didn't think he would vote for cloture.

[Tim4319]

17. I heard Vionovich's speech.

I thought he spoke pretty strongly for the cloture?

[Floogeldy]

21. I guess I only heard the anti-Bolton part of his speech and his vote.

Confusing.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

3. It didn't matter; we already had the 41 votes; throwaway vote

for some reason

[barbaraann]

4. Tactical move.

So he can bring it up again.

[Windy]

5. What is he talking about?

Why is he now accusing the dems of being obstructionists? He voted NO to cloture!!

[Sydnie]

14. He fell just short of saying

"There you go again" didn't he? Why would he vote nay? And what does that mean that Vonivich switched his vote?

Did they do a roll call for the record?

[Nite Owl]

6. Voinovich switched at the end

It may be some parliamentary procedure so he can bring it back for a vote.

[Pirate Smile]

8. The thread before you says this

"because then under the rules of order, he can move to reconsider."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3735879

[rzemanfl]

18. Absoparliamentarylooty. n/t

[FighttheFuture]

9. Sounds like First may not have the votes to get him confirmed...

so, delay closing the debate until he can twist some more arms. Otherwise, some real shit is going to hit the fan on Bolton and he does not want to put a vote forward.

[htuttle]

10. It's probably so he could move to reconsider

Roberts Rules of Order are all that stand between us and absolute chaos! CHAOS!

[blm]

11. A shot at McCain by appearing "lesspartisanthanthou" for the media.

And he probably knows that SOMETHING is about to drop concerning Bolton, and this way it makes McCain appear duped by the neo-cons.

I think the really religious voters were uncomfortable with Bolton's "take my wife to orgies and have anal sex with her drugged body" personal life.

Actually, I don't know, but I thought it would be fun to take another shot at Bolton for posterity.

[mom cat]

13. Did his little pea brain get confused?

[johnaries]

15. I thought I heard that, too. But then Frist complains that Dems are

being obstructionist and filibustering again. :wtf:

[rodeodance]

19. yeah ol fristy was mighty ticked up!!! as he left