Bipartisan gun control amendment fails in the Senate

[publicunofficial]

If Tim Johnson can vote for the bill, Heitkamp has no goddamn excuse. And Baucus gives me one more reason to dislike him.

Congratulations Manchin, you're no longer my most disliked Democrat senator.

[publicunofficial]

I've been thinking about who needs to get on board in order for this bill to pass, and I've come up with a few names:


-Heidi Heitkamp - Sources indicate that she won't vote yes until there are already 57 to 59 "Yes" votes already on board.

-Kelly Ayotte - Taking a lot of heat from her state for not voting "Yes" the first time, might change her tune to appease New Hampshire voters.

-Max Baucus - Might vote Yes considering how unpopular he is among Democrats right now, but I doubt it seeing how badly that might play out in Montana.

-Dean Heller - From a blue state, doesn't have to worry about re-election for a while

-Jeff Flake - Personal friendship with Giffords/Kelly, might be convinced by McCain, could take some heat from this story:

http://gawker.com/5995134/sen-flake-promises-gun-control-reform-to-aurora-victims-mom-flakes

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