Well, you know how the phrase ends.

According to a new AP story, Mr. Giuliani apparently is rather unhappy that his private life - specifically his strained relationship with his son - is becoming fodder for the MSM. He wants the media to leave this part of his life alone, so that he can, you know, become a better dad.

Well, here is some simple yet sage advice for Mr. Giuliani on how to deal with this unpleasant situation:

I have some questions about voting procedures in the Senate, and specifically about the absence of Sen. Tim Johnson during his medical recovery. Apparently the RWCM was only interested with this story when it concerned the possibility of a man's death, and how quickly the Republicans could regain control of the Senate.

I have been having much difficulty finding this type of information anywhere, and figured that some of the brilliant minds here at DailyKos would readily know this information, so I am posing questions here.

The purpose behind my questions is that I have read many stories here (and elsewhere) which discuss which senators might be targeted to vote one way or another on a particular issue in order for each side to get the vote total it needs. Often, these "head-counts" start with 100 and count down rather than starting with 0 and counting up; that is, they might state that only 40 senators would vote against cloture rather than stating that 60 would vote for it. Problem is, these figures are based upon the Senate having 100 voting members, which currently it does not. And thus saying something like Republicans only have 40 votes which is not enough to avoid cloture is not accurate, because in reality the other side only has 59 votes, not 60.