No, Doug is right... The bill is dead... It's not just about foolish liberals anymore but the reality that alot of Representatives are scared about the upcoming election and self preservation is the highest goal that most aspire to...

So really waht we have is a Congress that has imploded... With the current rules there is really no advantage in being part of the majority because the minority has the power to stop anything it wants...

BTW, I saw a bar-chart the other night showin' how many time the fillibuster has been used going back to the early 90's and it was very tellin'... It stayed purdy much level until after the 2006 elections and then spiked like a shuttle launch... I didn't have enough time to read all the numbers but it appeared like the Repubs have done more fillibustering in the last 2 years than had been done in total before then... Maybe someone has the numbers???

B~