Rep. Marcel Black, D-Tuscumbia, said the bingo bill is dead for the 2010 legislative session. "I don't expect to see the bill again this session," Black said. The session ends Thursday. "It would take a resurrection of miraculous proportions to allow this bill to come back up."

I have noticed that you can often take a dramatic press release and remove the no's and Don't's and get closer to the true meaning of a political posturing statement like this one.

If the other business of the House is completed before lunch tomorrow and a few the no votes fall asleep after lunch the bill might in fact resurrect. In any case the bingo bill will be back for the regular session next year.

(maybe if the key swing votes got some new furniture?)

Stay tuned.