Here is the link to the FISA cloture vote.
I believe there will be a vote on this on Friday perhaps.
http://senate.gov/...

McCain, Obama and Clinton did not vote on this.
There were 80 yeas
and
15 nays

This diary will be personal.
I have a few stories to tell, to help others understand why Hillary enjoys such loyalty from her supporters.
Why women such as myself have a hard time letting go of that support.
What we have gone through to even be able to have a woman as a viable candidate for President.

Please follow after the fold.....

By now we have all heard about the debate.
The Rev. Wright and Weather Underground questions.
And whether you like it or not, a person IS judged by whom they are associated with.
That is just a fact of life.

The questions on the Rev. and Ayers needed to be asked.

I am sure that every parent on here looks at their kids friends and weeds out those who you don't want influencing your children.

I have read over and over about how the tax cuts only work for the rich.
So I decided to go back to the tax tables from years ago and take a look myself.

I found, according to the tax tables from the IRS, that the middle class HAS benefited from the tax cut.

Follow below the fold for some examples>>>>>

I stumbled onto a Pew Poll a few days ago.
I read it in one of the Newspapers and did a little digging.
I found a few things that really surprised me.

Please join me....

The DNC rules are, whoever gets to 2025 wins.
PERIOD.

By the time all the voting is done, if Obama doesn't have 2025 then he hasn't WON.

Hillary cannot steal it if Obama hasn't WON it.

If neither candidate has 2025, then the super delegates cast their vote, for whomever THEY want.

That is the rules.

No one is stealing anything from anyone.
They are simply following the DEMOCRATIC rules.

Why is this so hard for anyone to understand?

I am in shock.
Serious shock and I know I am not the only one.
How did this happen?
Do Dem's just like snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?
I thought, this time, it was going to be different.
Let's dissect this together....

I have been reading multiple diaries and posts on here about this subject.
Beyond a few posts, mostly what I am seeing is Obama took McCain to the woodshed, McCain is old, Obama kicked McCain in the...well, you get the idea.

Follow after the fold to see why I feel this won't be a cakewalk.

Come on, admit it.
You laughed at her mocking of Obama.
I know I did.
I laughed my ass off because it was funny.
Funny, funny FUNNY!!
Hilarious!
But not in the way you think....

I am appalled at some of the comments in the diaries here lately.
The hatred towards Hillary is truly astounding!

An "anonomous source" cited in a political story?
Why it must be the gospel!

Political maneuvering re a brokered convention?
Why it must be vote stealing!

Good God, what have we become?

I keep hearing this.
In particular, in reference to Hillary Clinton. That if there is no clear winner, then she should bow to the "will of the people", or at least the super delegates should and vote for Obama.
You mean like....Senators Kennedy and Kerry? The two Senators from Massachusetts who have endorsed Obama even though the will of the people of Massachusetts clearly is for Hillary?
The vote there was 56% for Hillary and 41% for Obama. A clear rout in my opinion.

Well dangnabit, as my Grandad would say.
How could he do this to me?
What a horrible thing to do!
I cannot believe what this man is putting me through.....
I was just starting to date him.
Had been out a few times.
Looked forward to hearing from him nightly, in fact.......

Not a hit diary or a candidate diary.
Just someone I would like to honor.

On Cheers and Jeers I have mentioned that my Grandad would be 102 today.
He still lives in his own home.
Does his own laundry.
Cooks his own meals.
Answers his own phone.
Pays his bills.
And has done this all by himself since my Grandma died at 96 in 2003.
And it still hurts to say that about my Grandmother.

But please join me remembering....

I have had it with you guys.
I didn't like your candidate.
I hate his vote on the war.
And you NEVER shut up about him. EVER.
Edwards this and EENR that.
In fact.....

I am appalled at all of the anti-Hillary diaries I have been reading.
I realize she isn't the first choice of Kossacks, but really, is she the race baiting devil she is being made out to be?
Let's look at her record, shall we........

I will be very upfront.
I do not like John Edwards. Period.
He co sponsored the war bill and my nephew was killed in Iraq, so it is a personal thing with me.
'Nuff said.
So why am I defending him?
Please follow below the fold....

I have been reading with disbelief some of the diaries posted here that appear to be favorable to Ahmadinejad.
This is supposed to be a Democratic website.
So tell me, how does excusing a person who murders gays and represses women, fit in with Democrats?
I thought we were the ones who support women and gays.
There's more....

I have read so many stories lately dealing with child abuse.
The latest one, a woman was shoplifting, about to get caught and she simply left her child in the store so she could flee from security.
I read about the child who is removed by Social Services for abuse only to be returned to the parents at a later date. Some of these children end up being abused again or worse, actually killed by their parents.
I grew up when such things were not discussed.
There's more....