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As for your point (quoted above) re: abortion, I think you are on to something. The dems might filibuster the conference report in the Senate if they put that abortion bill on it. Thing is, I doubt Frist & Co will have the balls to actually jam the abortion thing in there. I just don't see it happening. The gambling bill, however does seem to be in contention, and the contracts on TS are moving north quickly, which suggests that others feel the same way.

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One reason to try to stick abortion in there is to force a Dem response before the elections, so that they could continue the election theme of voting for the dems = a vote against the military/for the terrorists.

I think that something working in favor of the situation is that both sides need to get this thing passed so they don't have a political liability come Oct/Nov. Well, actually I guess that is both a liability and asset in this situation because the gambling bill might not be controversial enough to hold it up. I wonder if that might be a source of objections to riders in general, the members don't want anything controversial getting in the way.