START Treaty Whip Count Says NO Ratification?
Political Cartoon by Michael Ramirez
The latest GOP whip count has the START Treaty failing ratification (needs 2/3 of Senate in the affirmative for ratification).
Watching the floor debate in the Senate today, Senator McCain looks like a no on New START, and Sen. Corker — who voted the treaty out of committee — appears increasingly sore over Reid’s decision to bring votes on DREAM and DADT alongside New START. The scuttlebutt from Hill staffers is that Senator Graham might be leaning no as well. Isakson, who also voted with the Democrats to pass START out of committe, will prove key. If all four are going to oppose New START, it probably can’t pass.