Seven GOP Senators hold key to Filibuster Fight

The following 7 Senators hold the key to whether or not Senator Frist will get approval from the Senate to get rid of a practice that has been respected under Senate Rules for years as a tool used to help the Minority and protect it from the Majority: The Filibuster.

Currently, the Vote count is this:

48 No.... All 44 Democrats, 1 Independent and 3 Republicans (McCain, Chafee, and Snowe).

45 Yes... All Republicans.

That leaves these 7 non-committed Republican Senators as the deciding factor:

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
John Sununu of New Hampshire
Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania
John Warner of Virginia
Susan Collins of Maine
Mike DeWine of Ohio

We will need 3 out of the 7 to win. Bill First needs at least 5 of these to force a tie and let Vice President Cheney decide through his deciding vote.

It will be interesting to see what happens. Read the article linked above by CNN. I could make a prediction but really, it could go either way.