luckily because she had fallen from the tenth floor balcony. they got her to a rope and she was safely lowered down a ladder to the ground. now here s your first look at the dish of scrambled politics. in the senate democratic leader harry reid briefly called a halt to all votes saying they used stalling tactics so one senator could claim he had to remain on the floor giving him an excuse to pull out of a scheduled debate in his home state. that republican, scott brown, did in fact return to boston and went ahead with his face-off with elizabeth warren. a texas judge has blocked part of a voter purge to remove dead people from the election rolls after thousands got let r letters asking them to prove they are alive. the new comics issue has the costume superhero captain america being elected president of the united states. it was through a write-in vote.
a fresh round of angry words in syria. united states today joined seven western nations in expelling syrian diplomats in outrage over friday s massacre of 108 civilians including 49 children in this syrian village of hula. this weekend s massacre is a horrifying testament to this regime s depravity. this was clearly a way to demonstrate the international community s absolute disgust and horror at the actions taken by the assad regime. jessica yellin was among those listening as the president denounced the killing. i understand mr. carr aney sayi it s important to show the outrage, but president assad is not exactly shaking in his boots. what is the administration hoping to accomplish? they re trying to accepted a message to further isolate the regime, but they acknowledge it s really meant as a symbolic gesture and another step to reflect the international communities disgust. but they admit that this diplomatic action is going to stop the killing. i know it s hard, b
experts are skeptical. if history is a judge this is a long line of stalling tactics. they should not make any concession to iran. they need to put before it clear and unequivocal demand. tankers have been kept in port by the insurance cost. experts increase last month, and are lower than a year ago. monday, senate passed non-binding resolution saying attack on iraq nuclear facility is an option. president obama criticized the loose talk of war saying it drives up the price of oil. undermines the sanctions against iran.
forces. if there s a regional command and control center, maybe you d strike that first if you could isolate, and we probably know this, who is controlling the forces that are moving toward benghazi. maybe as a warning we run that up first. it s clear that given the way that the u.n. security council resolution was written and secretary clinton s comments that this is an effort to keep the door open and give gadhafi a chance to back out, rather than calling for his unconditional surrender. but he s only got limited time to respond to this. i think the patience of the coalition is going to be limited, as president obama said. this wasn t intended to be a long scale drawn-out operation. we ve got people on the ground who are at risk. and so i think patience in the coalition will be limited for gadhafi and his stalling tactics. so the first thing is degrade the air defense.
same thing a few years ago, slowing down, blocking, not pushing legislation forward because they didn t want the outcome of the vote to go the way the outcome was going to go, shall on the left criticized republican leadership for doing the same thing. this is no different. if you re going to be elected to office, then damn it, be the leader. stand in the well of the floor of the senate and the house and state your case. if you don t have the votes, then work your members to get the votes. you bring the voters to the table with you and say this is the reason why. the small business owner, the fired union worker sitting next to me, this is the reason why this is an important vote. you don t do it from another state. it is totally fair. i will grant you it is totally fair to debate whether or not it is okay to take stalling tactics. like this is essentially a filibuster. i think you re right willing to debate whether or not there is procedural fairness. butted idea that they are not ma