Administration Drops DOMA DefenseFollow

I'm sensing TLC Reality Show!....

it's a procedure specifically intended to be used to block votes in certain situations.

The concept of the quorum is not.

You do realize that no one outside of the liberal blogosphere bubble thinks that the protesters/unions (since they are the same in this case) are gaining any support by doing this, or that the Dems are are accomplishing anything more than handing an even greater victory to the GOP next year.

A new New York Times/CBS News poll finds a majority of Americans "say they oppose efforts to weaken the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions and are also against cutting the pay or benefits of public workers to reduce state budget deficits."

"Americans oppose weakening the bargaining rights of public employee unions by a margin of nearly two to one: 60% to 33%. While a slim majority of Republicans favored taking away some bargaining rights, they were outnumbered by large majorities of Democrats and independents who said they opposed weakening them. Those surveyed said they opposed, 56% to 37%, cutting the pay or benefits of public employees to reduce deficits, breaking down along similar party lines."
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A new Public Policy Polling survey finds that if Wisconsin voters could do it over today they'd support Tom Barrett (D) over Gov. Scott Walker (R) by a seven point margin, 52% to 45%.

Key finding: "The difference between how folks would vote now and how they voted in November can almost all be attributed to shifts within union households. Voters who are not part of union households have barely shifted at all- they report having voted for Walker by 7 points last fall and they still say they would vote for Walker by a 4 point margin. But in households where there is a union member voters now say they'd go for Barrett by a 31 point margin, up quite a bit from the 14 point advantage they report having given him in November."

"From what you've read and heard about the dispute between Wisconsin's governor and public employee unions over collective bargaining rights, do you side more with the governor or the public employee unions?"
Governor - 31%
Unions - 42%

The latest poll on the budget impasse in Wisconsin: A Public Policy Polling survey shows 51% of voters in the state support the public sector unions as compared to 47% who stand with Gov. Scott Walker (R).

When it comes to broader questions about rights for public employees the margins are less narrow: 57% of voters think that workers should have the right to collectively bargain for wages, benefits, and working environment rules compared to only 37% who think they shouldn't have those rights.

Ultimately one of the biggest questions moving forward is whether a recall of Scott Walker would be a viable avenue for pro-union supporters. Right now it looks like it would be a 50/50 proposition. 48% of voters say they would support a recall, while 48% are opposed. That issue's about as polarized on party lines as it could possibly be- 87% of Democrats support a recall, 90% of Republicans are opposed, and independents split narrowly in favor of it by a 48/46 spread.

Remind me again which party is in control there again?

lolDick Morris.

They certainly don't present any picture of what Gbaji was claiming.

What did he claim, that Thailand is fun for vacation if you get off the main streets and in to the seedy back alleys?