Please don't rec this diary, and rec the mothership instead:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
This will help keep it on the reclist. We're getting close to zero hour, folks.
The liveblog children thus far:
- http://www.dailykos.com/... by Gorette
- http://www.dailykos.com/... by Doctor Who
- http://www.dailykos.com/... by Adam Blomeke
- http://www.dailykos.com/... by jnhobbs
- http://www.dailykos.com/... by Jahiz
- http://www.dailykos.com/... by Benintn
The word of the day is 'colloquy' - which is just a fancy Senate term for open conversation among Senators of a given party. Both sides are using this rule, an hour each - and it's starting to feel a bit like a poetry slam. The Republicans maybe should have rehearsed more, because they sound ridiculous.
Debate started around 9:00 AM EST and will go on throughout the day until "hopefully" successful Cloture vote which Reid has scheduled for 8:00 PM EST. Watch online at C-SPAN2: http://www.cspan.org/...