The biggest domestic US vote of my lifetime is today...

[psrock]

TheRealMafoo said:

psrock said:
How does this bill not passing help the Democrat?

"Dempcrats" is a party. People vote for a bill.

There are many states right now, where the democratic incombent is treading on thin ice. If they votes for this bill, they removes any chance of winning his/her next election.

Politicians live and die on the independent vote, and a vote for this bill removes all chances of winning that group.

For Congressmen who live in a state with well over 50% democrats, they will be fine. There aren't many of those.

A lot of Democrats won in states they usually never win, they are only there because Bush's failure, now I expect Republicans to pick up those states again. At least Congress may find a way to work together again.