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is if the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell could deliver 25 republicans votes in the senate, more than half his conference. 40 republicans voted for the fiscal cliff deal, five of those no longer in the senate. that s your ceiling. there s 35 senate republicans who have voted with mitch mcconnell before. would they vote with him again on a giant deal that gets us out of a cliff mess? can they get anywhere close to the number? mcconnell, who spoke to the president yesterday and reid, are now both racing the clock to sell the plan to lawmakers before the u.s. borrowing authority runs out this weekend. the calendar is, of course, is enemy here. they may not be able to pass this bill because of procedural issues for a few days. a single senator can use procedural tactics to push the final vote past the october 17th deadline. and yesterday ted cruz deflected questions about whether he plans to try to delay a vote, saying we need to see what the details are. roll call reports cruz me

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