We can still stop the Bush Torture bill, HR 6054 as it has one last committee to clear-International Relations.
As a special side note, Tom Lantos, the Democratic Ranking Member on the IR committee, is the only Holocaust survivor who serves in the House, and needs to be the point man for Dems on this one. As a survivor of the most despicable act in human history, his voice has special weight. Dollars to hundreds ofdozens of doughnuts says that he despises this election stunt/outrage against human dignity.
I'm admittedly more of a campaign and elections person, but here's my analysis of the IR committee anyways.
Now, looking at the committee members:
DEMOCRATS: Tom Lantos, Sherrod Brown, Adam Schiff, Dennis Cardoza, Eliot Engel, Ben Chandler, Russ Carnahan, Grace Napolitano, Shelley Berkeley, Joe Crowley, Barbara Lee, Gregory Meeks, William Delahunt, Robert Wexler, Brad Sherman, Donald Payne, Gary Ackermann, Earl Bluemaneur Howard Berman, and Eni Faleomavaega
Analysis: With the exception of Sherrod Brown, none of our members are involved in difficult campaigns for re-election. Thus they should all have their asses in Washington for the vote. New rule of thumb though: no press conferences that are more than 20 feet from the committee room. None seem like the types to back this political stunt by Bush.
REPUBLICANS: Henry Hyde, Jim Leach, Chris Smith, Ron Paul, Steve Chabot, Mark Green, Katherine Harris, Ted Poe, Mike McCaul, Dan Burton, Gresham Barrett, Joe Wilson, Elton Gallegly, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Dana Rohrabacher, Ed Royce, Peter King, Tom Tancredo, Jeff Flake, Jo Ann Davis, Jerry Weller, Mike Pence, Thad McCotter, John Boozman, Connie Mack, Jeff Fortenberry
Analysis: Of their members, Mark Green of Wisconsin and Katherine Harris are involved in statewide campaigns. There's a good chance that one or both of them will be gone campaigning. Steve Chabot is in a tough fight to hold onto his Cincinnati based House seat and could be gone as well.
There seem like there are four, and possibly five persuadables. Jim Leach and Chris Smith are pretty well known as being truly moderate Republicans. Jeff Flake initially voted against it in Judiciary, but either he or Inglis flipped-I'm not sure which. (my money's on Inglis, a weak sister). Steve Chabot has been known to buck the party line in the past, and Ron Paul is so unpredictable that you never know how he's going to vote on a given issue.