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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (2275)5/15/2004 6:49:44 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
A KERRY GAFFE

Robert Novak May 15, 2004

Democratic insiders grumbled that Sen. John Kerry's absence Tuesday, when a Senate effort to extend unemployment benefits fell one vote short, reflected incompetence by the presidential candidate's campaign.

Kerry had sufficient notice to revise his schedule to be present for the vote. The tally was 59 to 40, one vote short of the 60 needed to waive budget rules to pass the extension. Kerry was the only senator not voting.

Kerry's explanation was that Republicans would have killed the measure even if he had been there, but it is doubtful that any of the 11 GOP senators who broke party lines to support the jobless pay would have changed their vote. Kerry also claimed the measure would die in the House anyway, but the outcome there actually is uncertain.
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