[disjunction]

From a total outsider's perspective, I'll be a little bit surprised if this bill doesn't wind up passing before the recess. And of that 80% chance I'd consider it more likely than not that some kind of gambling language is included, because the only people that care about the issue have a decent amount of power, and they want it so.

I know that the insiders always get caught up in the minutiae of "Well the bill may not pass because Senator X has the privilege of holding up any bill he wants as long as it is cloudy weather at 3pm on a Monday, and even if he doesn't, all of the office typewriters may be broken", but it just seems to me that more legislators want this passed than not, that there is some natural posturing before striking a deal, and there is nothing overly substantive stopping it.