God bless President Obama, Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi. And God bless the members of the Hedge Fund Party a/k/a Republican Party, who are going to have some 'splainin to do to their children and grandchildren--they can reach out to the children and grandchildren of our Southern segregationists for lessons.

Actually, it's Republican Scott Brown who put the vote over the top.

I'm keeping everything double crossed until the vote.

@2,
Yeah, instead of honoring those who've fought from the beginning, let's celebrate the ones who grudgingly agreed only after checking the poll numbers.

It makes me choke a bit to have to acknowledge Lieberman's hard work in getting this through. He's still a douchenozzle, but for right now, he's our douchenozzle.

*choke*

@2 So lessee. that gives the Senate Republicans roughly an .071 batting average on this one, right? Yay Republicans!

Fingers, toes, and paws crossed in our household, as well!

I wonder how much of this has to do with Ron Wyden's recent announcement about cancer surgery. Apparently he's available this weekend, but not tomorrow or Monday.

@8 Everything to do with it, and to not let them use START or DREAM as a leverage. Reid is too timid at times by half but he always knows what he's doing, or acts like it.

Percy Dovetonsils says "Repeal DADT"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmEuK_UNw…

I've been let down too many times to allow myself to get my hopes up too high. Here's hoping this time it works.

In the meantime to ANYONE from Alaska, Massachusetts or Delaware: PLEASE make yourself a royal pain in the ass for the next 24 hours. Call your senators. Write email. Call into radio and tv stations. You have a greater chance than anyone to see this through!

Good luck, guys. I wish I could do more for political stuff like this, but I've got my fingers crossed.

@8 Good luck to Senator Wyden. This is why you don't put this shit off until the very effing end.

If DADT falls, so too will DOMA before long. Can't you just hear the arguments? "Oh, so gay people can die for their country, they just can't get married in it!" It's a knock-down.

The Xtians and retroglodytes KNOW this - it's one of the reasons they're fighting on DADT so hard. And they're right. But they're gonna lose! Frabjous day and fingers crossed.

Hope both DADT & DREAM pass. A ray of hope before two years of madness.

To support DREAM, which is probably 3 or 4 votes shy of winning after 10 years of trying, call 1-866-996-5161 today! Takes 60 seconds.

The number will put you in touch with one of the key fence-sitting Senators whose vote we need to help hundreds of thousands of undocumented youth who are living in the shadows. Some are LGTB youth who could benefit from both DREAM & DADT!

Good luck - the rest of the world is watching, and the sane parts of it are on your side.

Supreme Ruler: Frying in hell for eternity is a steep price to pay for being arrogant (and wrong).