Sources on the Hill say they’ve never seen anything like it coming out of the White House.  Rahm is dealing as furiously as he did during NAFTA, and will stuff everyone with so much pork that they have to vote for the supplemental.

They will evidently try to jam Cash for Clunkers into the conference report –  a $4 billion bid to buy votes from progressives in auto manufacturing states

Below are some comments on today’s plea from the Washington Post Editorial Board for more money for the International Monetary fund.

Marcy Kaptur says she won’t vote for the supplemental.  I guess the bill must really be in some trouble, because Pelosi herself is whipping.

I just want to take a minute to thank everyone who is taking time out of their day to make calls and stand by their commitment to end the war. When I look over the lists and read about the thousands of calls people are making to the offices of members of congress, and I see people like Toby who called 25 offices in one day, it makes it all worthwhile.

Thank you to everyone who has called, and who continues to call.  It’s a highly fluid situation, and Rahm Emanuel is furiously horse trading for votes.  Sources on the Hill say that they’ve never seen this kind of full-court press from the White House.  Members are being bribed, bullied and cajoled into abandoning their commitment to vote against any war funding that doesn’t include a time table to bring the troops home.

The conference meeting will be at 3pm ET today.   I’ve updated the Whip Tool to include the latest information we have on the vote count.  

Please keep the calls coming.

• Obama: “shocked and saddened.”
• Sounds like a leftist to me: shooter feared “black governors.”
• Remembering “Big John.”
• Naturally, it’s the Muslims’ fault.
• More on von Brunn.
• Glenn Beck: shooter not a right-winger.

Featuring a new video from We Were Promised Jetpacks and a recent video from Balmorhea.

And here we thought the “libtards” had the monopoly on nuance.

Members of the Screen Actors Guild have ratified their television and feature films contract in a 78 to 22 per cent vote, avoiding a strike which would have further devastated the Los Angeles economy–oh heck California’s and the United States’, since entertainment is one of our largest exports.

Production provides tens of thousands of jobs–on sets and on studio lots and has a massive trickle down effect everywhere from agencies and PR firms to car dealerships, restaurants, coffee houses, bookstores, boutiques, service and support personnel, charities and schools–both public and private–which rely on donations from parents to help offset budget cuts.

AP thinks it’s a sign of bias if you suggest that corporate managers ought to be punished for bad business decisions.

David Swanson reports that Dennis Kucinich and Lynn Woolsey have written a letter (PDF) to the Democrats who voted “no” on the supplemental, urging them to vote “no” on the conference report (which, per Louise Slaughter, will not include the Lieberman photo amendment).

Fifteen members have already said they will not vote for the supplemental, and 11 are leaning “no.” It takes 39 Democrats to stop the bill from passing.

You can use our Whip Tool to find contact information for members who voted “no” on the supplemental, those who committed to vote against any war funding that didn’t contain troop withdrawal provisions, and those who object to the bill because of the IMF provisions.