Game It

Just a bit of background on what we’re likely to see tonight. With the Stupak deal in place, it seems close to certain that the bill will pass tonight, probably with a few votes to spare (though we’ll have to see if they let in Red district Dems vote no since they have votes to spare). The current GOP plan seems to be to try a series of procedural gambits this afternoon and this evening to force enough delays to push the final vote until late, late into the evening. And then politick on the basis of Dems passing the bill “in the middle of the night.”