Surprises in the FMA vote....

[Dookus]

Democrats FOR:

Byrd (WV)
Miller (GA)(ok, no surprise)
Nelson (NE)


Republicans AGAINST:

Campbell (CO)
Chaffee (RI)
Collins (ME)
McCain (AZ)
Snowe (ME)
Sununu (NH)

The big surprises for me are Byrd for and Sununu against. And I thought Hagel was opposed...

[Political_Junkie]

1. Being from Maine,

no surprises from Snowe and Collins here. They get our votes because they vote our way!

[arcos]

2. Byrd doesn't surprise me at all, he has an awful record on gay issues nt

[trof]

3. Sununu was a shocker.

Does he have a gay family member or something?
I think Chaffee is really a Dem.
He should switch parties.

[arcos]

6. if Dems win back the Senate, I think Chaffee will switch... n/t

[AP]

11. One of those NE Republicans should switch to D and not to I just to make

the point that this in no longer your father's Republican party.

[arcos]

13. I agree...

I would be happy if he switched to Independent, but would be happier if he switched to the Democratic Party.

[calico1]

16. I think they are trying to make the point that they

stand for the real Republican Party. Sadly, there are only a handful of them left.

[calico1]

15. Chaffee should switch.....

He is a good, decent guy and the Republicans don't deserve him. He usually votes with Democrats anyway.

[Shrek]

4. It was just a cloture vote, right?

Maybe the Democrats who voted for it did so because they thought that actually voting against the Amendment itself (rather than just cloture) would make a stronger statement.

:shrug:

[arcos]

14. highly unlikely considering it was Zell, Nelson and Byrd...

Zell and Nelson usually vote with the GOP, and Byrd usually votes against anything that may favor gays or lesbians.

[TexasSissy]

5. Another post on this said Sununu voted FOR.

[Renew Deal]

7. Here is the old head count thread.

I wonder how well we did.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1163292

[DrWeird]

8. Why is Byrd a surprise?

I thought he's made an number of homophobic slurs in the past.

[Dookus]

10. because he's also

a great constitutional scholar. I think one can be opposed to gay marriage and still believe an amendment to the constitution is unnecessary and unwise.

[AlinPA]

17. I don't know,but maybe he was just wanting the vote to go forward?

[mstrsplinter326]

9. Chaffee - no suprise, real conservatives don't want big government

was one of the most outspoken advocates against the bill.

There's difference between being republican (true conservative) and a neocon in BushCo. Real conservatives believe in balanced budgets, small government and preservation of national parks. BushCo does not.

[bleowheels]

12. I'm kind of suprised that Daschle voted against since he's...

running for reelection here in mostly conservative South Dakota and his opponent, the insufferable John Thune, has spent alot of money advertising his opposition to "gay marriage"

[Inland]

18. Byrd surprises me a little

because he is always waving around a copy of the constitution. Then again, it is only a procedural vote. Who knows.

[tigereye]

19. the whole thing was DOA anyway wasn't it?

this is just to save Santorum and his slime from embarrassment. Like they could be saved.

[Inland]

20. Yeah...pretty embarrasing defeat for Bush.

That's why it is confusing about Byrd. He may have had soemthing goofy procedural in mind.

[tigereye]

23. I hope they are heading for another "Pat Buchanan"

moment at the convention. :)

[in_cog_ni_to]

21. No wonder I didn't hear Robert Byrd

give one of his great speeches. This really saddens me. :cry:

[gasperc]

22. I take Byrd's vote as a dare

ok, here's your cloture vote, no bring to the floor for a full vote and see if the two thirds are thier and then chastize them for wasting all this time when they KNEW they never had the 67 votes, just wanted to stick them with a vote to use against Senators in the Fall

[Amarant]

24. Byrd spoke well about Iraq

and as such a lot of people conclude he is good on other issues.

Unfortunately he is NOT very progressive on social issues...

He also doesn't like atheists if I remember correctly.