I can see the ads now. “My opponent voted to bail out European banks while members of this community lost their jobs and their homes, our schools and emergency services were cut, we couldn’t get treatment for breast and cervical cancer….”

Cooper is already getting shit from district locals unhappy that they can’t get any help from their Congresman for local projects like Nashville Metro General Hospital.Let’s see him try to figure out a way to vote “yes” on this one.  Because if he does, he’s going to be explaining it for a very long time.

Graham-Lieberman was stripped on June 8, 2 days before McGovern made the YouTube in which he said he opposed the supplemental.

People who want to know how Rep. McGovern plans to explain these inconsistencies can call his office at (202) 225-6101 and ask.

Emanuel hoped that by gratuitously attaching the car bill to the IMF bailout he could count on holding onto a batch of nervous Democrats– and pressure some Republicans. Recall, 59 Republicans broke with Boehner and Cantor to cross the aisle on June 9th and vote for Cash for Clunkers. Some of them are the exact targets Emanuel has been trying to woo away from the hysterical Cantor in the Supplemental battle, particularly Michigan Republicans like Thaddeus McCotter, Fred Upton, Dave Camp, Vern Ehlers, Candice Miller and Mike Rogers. Emanuel figured it could also give him a shot at John Shimkus (R-IL), Mike Turner (R-OH), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Mark Souder (R-IN), Don Manzullo (R-IL), Joe Pitts (R-PA), Tim Johnson (R-IL), Steve Austria (R-OH), Steve LaTouette (R-OH), Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) and a few other Midwestern Republicans whose constituents have been devastated by the auto industry collapse. Of course that goes for plenty of Democrats as well, particularly Midwest freshmen Mark Schauer (D-MI), Gary Peters (D-MI), Andre Carson (D-IN), and Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Debbie Halvorson (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL) and Steve Driehaus (D-OH).

So she’s still “reviewing” the bill (really?  how long does it take?) and won’t release a statement until after she votes.

Jan’s probably still crossing her fingers that Rahm scores enough Republican votes that he doesn’t need hers and will allow her off the reservation.   That would make saying what she believes in at the moment tough — “whatever I can get away with” might not go down too well with antiwar supporters who have contributed to her campaign for years.

Translation:  Rahm did make the deal with Thaddeus McCotter to go easy on him in 2010 (even though he’s one of the DCCC’s top targets and best opportunities to take a Republican seat).  The White House was going to pass flu preparedness anyway, so they were only going to “give up” what they already intended as some kind of weird cover.

But it looks like they floated the story too soon — word has it Cantor flipped his shit, the deal fell apart and Rahm is back to square one.

h/t Bob Fertik

My Left Nutmeg has been in the vanguard of state blogs fighting to end the war and has the Lamont/Lieberman battle scars to show for it. They have been, and continue to be, inspirational.

Paul Martin from PeaceAction is up on the Hill today. He emails this: House leadership definitely does not have the votes yet. It sounds like the leadership is going to use floor time tonight on various votes to do face-to-face whipping. If they have the votes, the house will bring the supplemental up as early [...]

Jane reports that Ann Kirkpatrick may have been frightened into standing up to Emanuel and voting “no” tomorrow. Blue Dogs who don’t will suffer at the polls next year. And Emanuel knows he’s starting to lose them. So what’s his latest strategy? We hear he’s turning to vulnerable Republicans and telling them he can get the DCCC to “go easy” on them next year if they vote for the Supplemental tomorrow. It’s one thing if he makes a deal with Vern Buchanan in Florida or Chris Smith in New Jersey, but we’re hearing that he’s offering to protect Republicans who have been slated as major DCCC targets, like Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Bill Young (R-FL), Leonard Lance R-NJ) and Charlie Dent (R-PA). Watch tomorrow to see if any of these characters cross over and vote with Team Emanuel to bail out European bankers.