The Math Was There On The Filibuster

53 Republicans voted for cloture. They were joined by 19 spineless Democrats. In total, the final tally was 72-25.

That means 3 senators abstained from voting.

If we could have peeled just 1 of the 7 Dems away from that Gang of 14, and all other dems would have voted no on cloture, this thing would be filibustered.

That would have allowed 6 dems to still vote for cloture, so they can have their cover in those red states. Instead, the 19 rats jumped ship.

More below.

Here are the 19 Dems who sold out democracy this afternoon.

(Will update as soon as entire list is up. If I've missed it somewhere, link it please. Senate.gov and cspan.org don't have it yet.)

•  A tip to the 25 who held strong

  4's for all of you.

  The 19 get troll ratings.

  by The 1n Only Leoni on Mon Jan 30, 2006 at 03:15:12 PM PDT

•  I can't wait to see the full list of 19

  Tomorrow, I'm writing checks to Kerry and to Liebermans opponent, and I'm sending copies to Joementum.

  Wanker.

  by Cory Bantic on Mon Jan 30, 2006 at 03:34:23 PM PDT