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Just imagine for a minute Party or Stars would be successful shooting down this part of the bill. Public outcry about foreign companies influencing American politicians would immidiately ensue...

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ORLY? Public outcry? Far less than 1% of the US population knew this bill existed, let alone cared whether or not it got passed. If it hadn't passed, then the only difference woiuld that a few bible thumper special interest groups would get mad at Frist for not supporting good Christian values. Other than that, it would go completely unnoticed.

Even if this was a high profile issue, 80-90% of the customers of these foreign companies are American, so it's not like they have no credibility here.

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There might not be a "public outcry", but I'd think that there is a much larger percentage of "swing voters" (people who don't just vote straight dem or rep) on this site than for the population as a whole. I don't think I'll be voting for any incumbent republicans any time soon.

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You can't be serious. Most here would have never voted for a republican to begin with.

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Not true, Poker lovers come from all walks of life. I am a Republican who is outraged at his party, but the other side didn't do anything to stop this either.

My distaste is spread equally amongst all of our elected officials.

I have a sneaking suspicion that this is a case of crushing the European market and then propping up a US market. Morality? Nonsense. Everything our government does is driven by the worship of the almighty dollar. Notice that they deferred a lot of the legality issues to the states. You will begin seeing states legalizing online gaming and then linking there games across state borders as they did with the lottery.

For now, I am riding this out and waiting for things to shake out. I am NOT withdrawing. I will stand with whoever wants to keep my business and keep on playing.