Conservative GOP Senators, even Trent Lott, not supportive of escalation

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He urged his colleagues to stand together at least until Bush had the chance to speak to the country. After the meeting, the senators went outside the room to display their unity to waiting reporters. McConnell said he thought more troops were just the thing to "give us a chance to succeed." He then stepped aside so the other senators could second his sentiments. No one came forward. McConnell's eye fell on Trent Lott. "Trent?" McConnell said, motioning him toward the microphone. "I don't think I have anything to add," said Lott.

A former senior Bush aide who is still close to the White House says if things don't improve, a delegation of Republican senators could one day show up in the Oval Office to tell Bush that the party is no longer with him and the war must end

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It looks more and more like we are going to see an end to this war, more and more Republicans everyday are changing their opinion and growing more and more negative towards hawkish attitudes

I hear more out of the GOP about "protecting our troops from a crossfire" than "winning the war"...the Sense of the Senate should be interesting

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what's that i hear? oh... crickets



i'm glad some republicans are standing up to do the right thing for not only our country, but for the middle east.

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Originally Posted by SoFlaJDM

what's that i hear? oh... crickets



i'm glad some republicans are standing up to do the right thing for not only our country, but for the middle east.

I'm loving this way too much, for all the talk about conservative's having "convictions" you have conservative Trent Lott, majority whip going "no i have nothing to say" He's so scared over Iraq, they all are, it's quite a show

how the mighty have fallen

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Firm No:
Hagel
Snowe
Collins
Smith
Coleman

Almost certain No:
Specter
Voinivich
Brownback

Likely No:
Murkowski
Lugar
Sununu
Gregg

Considering No:
Lott
Warner
Martinez


If you take 10 almost certain, that's 60, enough to over-ride a filibuster, Lieberman might vote against cloture, but Murkowski seems pretty likely so that would offset...now we'd just need Warner, Lott, Sununu, Gregg or Lugar to just not filibuster because Johnson might not be able to vote

We could end up with 65 votes, 1 vote shy of a veto proof majority for future actions against the Iraq War

EDIT: Forget Vitter, who is likely no

That's 66 votes without Lieberman, which is 1 shy

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who knows who could come out of the woodwork