By Owen Paine on Friday May 12, 2006 02:07 PM
Q: What have these three senators got in common, apart from the fact that they're all Democrats? :
- Bill Nelson (Fla.)
- Ben Nelson (Neb.)
- Mark Pryor (Ark.)
It was a beautiful thing, this vote, as carefully and decorously conducted as a solemn sarabande of olden days: Orthrus dines with Orthrus. Three Republicans symmetrically crossed the aisle to vote "no", and one Republican and one Democrat didn't vote (the Democrat was Jay Rockefeller, the Republican Arlen Specter). After all these stately evolutions, bows, handoffs and docey-dos, the bill squeaked by at the final cadence, 54-44.
Comments (1)
My goodness! What an intricate pas de deux. Much better than the usual clumsy Dem-Rep twostep.
Posted by AlanSmithee | May 13, 2006 1:32 AM
Posted on May 13, 2006 01:32