Tim-

I'm a Duke student, and you're just a couple blocks away from campus. Worth swinging by right now? Is Sati's (what we call Satisfaction) going to be completely filled? Keep up the good work, and next time you're in town, let the campus groups know!!

-Ben

Ben,

I'll be here for a few more hours if you want to share a drink or something. I'm the guy wearing a suit... Unfortunately, the place is clearing out -- I guess Governor Dean was the occassion and not the SOTU.

Tim

42 Democrats voted against Alito, a sufficient number to sustain a filibuster or to force the Republicans to follow through on their threat to blow up the cloture rule (even if Chaffee had flipped his vote on a cloture vote).

So there it is - evidence of EXACTLY what is wrong with this party. No will, no courage, no principles. Plenty of posturing ("Hey - I voted against Alito, right?" and "Hey - I actually CALLED for a filibuster - remember, Hillary?"), but not enough gonad among the lot of them to make a fight on principle - even at the cost of...HORRORS!!!!...losing.

You think I'm "cynical," boys and girls? There's nothing more cynical than a cowardly, capitulating elected Democrat. All nuance, no guts. No principle worth fighting for except the principle of triangulating themselves into reelection.

What a pathetic bunch. All they have to offer is that they are the "alternative" to Republicans, but when it comes time to put up and prove that they really do offer an alternative, they hide under tables.

Fuck the Democratic Party. Every time these useless, spineless turds do something like this, another three hundred thousand voters - the poor, the unemployed, the defenseless - shrug their shoulders and say "What the fuck - if they're not going to do anything for me then I might as well vote for Republicans - crumbs are better than nothing."

Howard - quit your day job and go third party. This truly is the end of the Road to Nowhere.

LOL! What A JOKE! Whoa! Not three cars.. Oh no! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Why dont you dems look at things in a positive way instead of setting up Bush bashing meetings. YOu guys are PATHETIC
I have never seen such Visceral HATERED for someone like you demonstrate. You can laugh and point and make fun of and come with catchy little "we hate Bush" slogans, but at the end of the day you still LOSE ELECTIONS HA!

Oh and BARON:

1. Why do you assume its the dems responsibility to constantly hand out more welfare? The poor the defensless the unemployed. This country is set up so anyone can succeed. Some people hit ruts that take a little while getting out of. Bleive me I should know. Other people are just plain lazy Fuck em

OH and why sould have there been a filibuster? Please give me examples that I cannot find from the MSM

Well I know from this State of the Union is that I will never see those 51 minutes of my life ever again....what a waste. It felt like was watching another re-run of Mash...boring! I have heard so many times about victory...when is it going to come. I risked my damn life in the military and now I have a sister in...yeah we swore that we will defend this country against any enemies foreign or domestic so why not deal with the domestic terrorists that we have here...drug dealers, pedophile priests, rapists, corporation corruption. Come on stop giving the people a bunch of b.s. Give us an answer now!

Truthmonkey -

Typical Republican conservative claptrap. Government does anything to stand up for individuals against unrestrained corporate power, against unrestrained governmental power, and you paint it as "welfare." You're a typical Republican organ monkey. They toss you a few animal crackers and get you to think you're a member of their club. What a dope.

As for a filibuster, I don't expect you to understand why Democratic Senators should have done so.