Jack the Sailor: the Republicans were a super minority in the senate. The Democrats held the super majority. They didn't NEED Republican votes to pass the legislation under consideration. All they had to have was enough Democrat votes.

Unfortunately, unlike the Republicans, the Democrats don't all march in lockstep. There are actual differences of opinion between Democratic senators. But I doubt the hoi polloi will understand that, used as they are to the teabaggers and the Republican senators who lick their feet.

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