Nevada Senate 2010: Harry Reid Racks Up Republican Endorsements

Reid can count noses to see if he's got the 60 votes necessary to end the GOP's endless debate (cloture) should he call Mitch McConnell's bluff and say, "Go ahead, make my day and filibuster".  Or he can take McConnell's word on it, that they've got the numbers, the will and the stamina to endlessly debate the issue on the floor of the Senate, and forget about bringing it to the floor for a vote.   

Either way, it's a win for the People (and presumably Democrats).  Either the bill passes or it raises issues favorable to REAL Democrats & worthy of consideration by voters.  

If it's the former, I think voters want to know why, with 60 members of the Senate caucusing as Democrats, this Democratic president and this Senate Majority Leader, in an overwhelming Democratic Congress controlled by Democrats, can't get unity from their members.  Republicans manage party discipline pretty d@mned well, and they're not any smarter than Democrats.  How do they do it?  (Answer: Carrots & sticks; committee assignments, chairmanships, party support and financing at reelection time) 

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