I’m betting we’ve got 37 instead of 36. Jim Cooper? I’ll personally spend the next year and a half writing about how he voted for $108 billion in European bank bailouts and $4 billion in “Cash for Clunkers” when he won’t get a dime for local Nashville hospitals in African American communities in his district.

After the Grijalva vote switch trial balloon this morning (which was quickly shot down), it looks like several people may have been let off the reservation. Which indicates that the rumors we’re hearing about Rahm Emanuel cutting deals with Republicans to go easy on them in the 2010 elections in exchange for votes may be true.

Which, if true, means we held progressive votes. And we won.

Lloyd Doggett has said he’ll vote against the supplemental tomorrow.  Let him know you support that decision by calling his offices in DC at 202-225-4865 and in Texas at 512-916-5921

Thanks to Glenn Smith and Karl Thomas Musselman at Burnt Orange for all their help.

Thanks to Gerald and Turn Maine Blue for doing such a great job.

Keep the calls coming.

Steve Cohen, Chakah Fattah, Mike Honda, Doris Matsui, Ed Markey, Jim McDermot, Gwen Moore, Jard Polis, Jan Schakowsky, Mike Thompson, John Tierney, Mel Watt and Anthony Weiner need to be reminded of the 2007 pledge they made never to vote for war funding that did not call for troop withdrawal.

On our Whip Count tool, Patrick reports that he called Blue Dog Ann Kirkpatrick’s office:

I said she should vote against b/c GOP will say she voted to bail out Euro Banks. Staffer says we know, and she is leaning against vote.

Blue Dogs are scared about what might happen in conservative districts if they cast that vote for a $100 billion European bank bailout. They should be.

Not Larry Sabato: This is a critical vote coming up tomorrow. Jim Moran have both signed a pledge that they would not vote for any war supplemental that did not include troop withdraw.  Despite that, they both voted for the first supplemental this year.  FireDogLake is now reporting that Jim has said he will vote [...]

It now appears that Keith Ellison will vote  the supplemental.  From the comments:

I just called Keith Ellison’s office and the person who answered confirmed to me that Mr. Ellison WILL BE VOTING NO on the supplemental.

Ellison puts us at 35 of the 39 votes we need.

Getting close.  Keep calling.

Zappatero: George Bush pulled all this "supplemental" crap on us too many times. It kept his pet war off-budget (and forced Barack to account for our current trillion-dollar deficit), and it kept Congress on its heels regarding oversight of that immoral, destructive, and costly war. We voted for change last November, and voting against this [...]

Odum says: Welch and others pledged not to vote on such further appropriations without the inclusion of a timetable for withdrawal, and word on the Hill is that Welch may be among those signatories who may reverse themselves on the issue under pressure from the new, Democratic administration. It’s past time for the progressive wing [...]

Raul Grijalva’s office has released a statement to David Swanson: Thank you for your emails this morning regarding Congressman Grijalva and his vote re: the war supplemental. Our press secretary misspoke in the press. Congressman Grijalva remains firmly committed to his opposition to the war supplemental. He has not waivered or changed his mind. I [...]