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To: Sully- who wrote (15674)	12/22/2005 4:59:01 AM
From: Sully-	of 35834

ANWR -- Jayson PoliPundit.com Senate Democrats went ahead and filibustered ANWR drilling today. Apparently they’re hell bent to go from having lost 23 net U.S. Senate seats over the past few decades to losing even more over the next decade. Oh, well, you can lead Democrats to reality, but you can’t make them think. The vote was: 4/45 = Democrats for ANWR drilling (9%). 53/55 = Republicans for ANWR drilling (96%). 41/45 = Democrats opposed to ANWR drilling (91%). 2/55 = Republicans opposed to ANWR drilling (4%). Go figure. Because only four Democrats appear willing at this juncture to buck the Sierra Club, there are not 60 votes for cloture. Even 55 + 4 does not = 60. {On a different but related topic, how many conservatives who want ANWR drilling and who live in Colorado, but who stayed home, went third party or voted for Ken Salazar last year, now want a do-over?} Lastly, Bill Frist’s “no” vote was procedural. Purely a parliamentary tactic. That’s so he can bring up the bill again in the future. With any luck, however, Democrats will continue filibustering oil drilling until maybe late-October of next year. polipundit.com senate.gov

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