The cloture vote goes down in flames, taking Majority Leader Reid and the President with it.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
Next up, the Fairness Doctrine...
But the very strange thing about it is that this bill was opposed by 80% of Republicans and 75% +/- of Democrats, and yet 46% of Senators, mostly Democrats but not monolithically (which is unusual in itself these days) supported it. Talk about your inside-the-beltway mentality. Some of the better ones are going to wake up one of these days and ask themselves, "What was I thinking?" If you haven't figured it out yet, Washington, let me help you out:
WE DON'T TRUST YOU
Some Senators do understand:
Prior to the vote, opponents appeared to sense that victory was within grasp. Senator DeMint said the whole debate demonstrated why Americans are feeling a "crisis of confidence" in their government.
"This immigration bill has become a war between the American people and their government. ... This vote today is really not about immigration, it's about whether we're going to listen to the American people," he said.
You didn't enforce the law before to the tune of tens of millions of violators in plain sight. Until you enforce the law, we won't trust you. And that goes double for building the damn fence. If you'd built the fence, today's vote would have been very different. Do your job*, then come back and ask for some changes.
* What does "do your job" mean with regards to the Federal Government and Immigration?
Let's talk about that tomorrow. I'd love to gloat, but I really have to get to work.
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