How Many Senators Would Have Voted Otherwise?

[thetruest]

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While everyone is making a big deal about how the issue was brought to a vote, I think it is important to know what the vote would have been if the internet bill stood alone. My impression is that it would still have passed easily. Am I right? If so that is important to know.

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I don't think so. Most of them don't care about this stuff and for the democrats this could have turn into an EASY issue about personal freedom and rights, government doesn't have the right to invade privacy, etc etc. and generally tap into alot of the middle of the road people who enjoy poker as a pasttime, younger voters who obviously are all into the trend of online poker/big tourneys, etc.

It's stupidly pessimistic to just say it would have passed anyway, really an assumption built around this communities insecurities. It's the year 2006 people; everybody in the burbs plays poker in their garages now. You aren't basement nerds or societal rejects.