BREAKING: McConnell Has The 41 Votes Needed To Block Wall Street Reform

[Me.]

The dems really need to go at this and really drill them on this

“Mitch McConnell has rounded up the necessary votes to block Democrats from bringing Wall Street reform to the Senate floor, a spokesman for the Senate Minority Leader said on Friday afternoon.

Senate Majority Leader Harry (D-Nev.) said on Thursday he planned to bring the bill to the floor next week where it would be debated and amendments added. McConnell has now persuaded 41 Republicans to vote against debating reform.”…cont…

“Reid spokesman Jim Manley told HuffPost that Reid will be moving ahead regardless.

"Congratulations. I hope they feel good," said Manley. "They've got 41 signatures on a weak, watered-down letter that simply calls for more negotiations. If they are at all serious, they will simply let us go to the bill next week and let the amendment process begin.

Manley said the bill will be brought up for a vote on a motion to proceed to debate later this coming week.”…cont…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/16/unified-gop-to-block-sena_n_540823.html

[Beetwasher]

1. Go For It Mitchy! Make Goldman Sachs Proud!

:rofl:

Timing couldn't be better!

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. That's got to be the talking point - "Republicans are defending Goldman Sachs"

Make the teabaggers hate the Republican senators as well as everyone else.

[Rage Inc.]

17. And, make 'em STAND UP AND TALK!

[DLnyc]

33. Good point

They can't 'stop' a bill; all they can do is delay it by filibustering. Provided Dems show some SPINE and "make 'em STAND UP AND TALK". Good point.

[vi5]

2. This couldn't be a bigger slam dunk....

...a VAST majority of the country hates wall street and the financial industry. The republicans are standing with the only group more hated than the insurance industry. All Dems need to do is shout from every rooftop and hammer the fact that the republicans are standing with wall street and we are standing with the american people.

They won't though because that would be not nice and someone might get their feelings hurt.

As always, I'd like to be proven wrong. But I don't think I will be.

[Zoeisright]

3. I sure wish repukes were smart enough to understand this.

Unfortunately, they're mind-bogglingly stupid and blame the financial meltdown on homeowners.

[rfranklin]

4. How is this weasel going to play this?

Will he continue to use the discredited "bailout" meme? Or has Frank Luntz come up with another total fabrication?

[Enrique]

10. same bailout meme

see the letter at the link, it's the same Luntz stuff, which Judd Gregg called over-the-top. But I guess Gregg's going along with it now.

[Renew Deal]

5. I look forward to their fillibuster

:D

[high density]

6. Snowe and Collins disappoint again

I guess it's time for more letters to these idiots.

[Gman]

7. This issue is like Spock in the reactor chamber looking out the glass

red-hot radioactive! I think it's now McConnell in the chamber!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_91s-Zkod9Gc/S1WcfCTgpzI/AAAAAAAAHX8/mdA0NpOJj_U/s400/spock+death.jpg

[WeDidIt]

8. Is Reid actually evolving a spine?

:wow:

[marmar]

9. Scott Brown is showing his true colors.......

[dorkulon]

11. I hear the sound of 50-plus Democrats heaving a sigh of relief.

"Whew! Now we can give up, please our sponsors and blame the Republicans!"

[rudy23]

16. They can't wait to lose in the fall, so they can say this for 6 more years.

I hope I'm wrong, and I'm being a cynical jerk. I wish being a cynical jerk failed me more often than it does.

[ejpoeta]

22. i hope you are wrong too, but the dems seem to be very good at grabbing defeat from the jaws of v

victory

[JuniperLea]

12. Damn straight! Leave the banks alone so they can rip us all off another day...

what a bunch of morans.

[caty]

13. The GOP can

do whatever they want to hurt Americans as long as Fox, Palin, and Rush spin it in the opposite direction. There is a line at the end of the movie, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance" - "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend". The GOP lives by that line. If they say it enough, people will believe it.

[LostInAnomie]

15. Make them do an actual filibuster.

Then, while they are reading the phone book for hours to protect Wall Street, hammer them in the press in the harshest language possible.

[high density]

20. I agree

In fact let Mich McConnell stand there and recite his Luntz talking points.

[NotThisTime]

24. +1000

[Me.]

28. Call Reid And Request He Do This

I just did

Phone: [phone]

Toll free number...1-888-818-664

[HughMoran]

18. GOP brought us this near-depression, they seem to like it, why would they want to fix problems?

Republicans goal is to destroy our government and leave us with anarchy.

[DCBob]

19. The GOPers dig themselves deeper and deeper...

i think they have played the "no" card one too many times.

[Toucano]

21. Okay, GET 'EM!

Which Republicans should we press?

On edit:

I'm thinking Voinovich of Ohio?

Corker of Tennessee?

[deminks]

23. Make them filibuster. Make them do it. nt

[Enthusiast]

34. +1 nt

[Arkana]

25. Then we make them filibuster.

Like they did in the 40s. MAKE THEM DO IT. DO NOT FUCKING CHICKEN OUT, DEMS.

[Me.]

29. See Post #28

above

[Bolo Boffin]

26. This is a fantastic fight for election year.

Democrats: Reigning in Banks, Stopping "Too Big To Fail", Protecting Global Economy

Republicans: We have to kill reform in order to reform the financial industry.

[belpejic]

27. Is there any more reason to kick Lieberman to the curb?

Second, bring it on. Repubs defend banks. Dems defend people. I can see who wins here. The only weak spot is the Dems weak communication team.

[backscatter712]

30. I say we let the GOP filibuster. The more they oppose based on lies, the worse they look.

If the best they can come up with is Mitch McConnell saying financial regulation will cause more bailouts, I say let 'em! We'll see how long they stay unified...

[no_hypocrisy]

31. Lieberman again.

[mikelgb]

32. that must have been tough

[lpbk2713]

35. Not really.

Just think of it as obstructionism.

And obstructionism is what rethuglicans live for.

[Liberal Gramma]

36. Make 'em filibuster. And lock all the toilets.

[Me.]

37. Perfect

[Me.]

38. Ed Rendell On Tweety Just Made The Case

For dems other than Obama to get out there to beat the drum. Mayors, senators, congressmen all of them. The only one he didn't mention was the DNC. Perhaps he forget they're there.