“ya got ta serve somebody”

Sad, but true.

The insurance industry owns him! :)

The House provision did not include telecom immunity. We’ll see if pelosi will cave as fast as reid. Probably, since the offending AT&T building is in her district.

They are ALL bought and paid for by the corporations, especially the telecom companies.

“The outcome increases the chance of an intraparty Democratic skirmish over the surveillance law, which would replace a stopgap measure passed last August that is due to expire in just eight days.”

Gatorade maybe?

The Honorable Christopher Dodd
Re: Telco Filibuster Nourishment
448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Phone# (202) 224-2823

F*** HARRY REID!

But I’d settle for Durbin.

Did you see this?

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/0...

*Now* Reid’s Cracking Down?

So Harry Reid announced that the Senate would take up new FISA legislation, which would include retroactive immunity for telecom companies that broke the law and helped the Bush administration do warrantless spying (see this New York Times story for an overview). Chris Dodd said that he’d filibuster the bill. But now Reid’s insisting that Dodd and friends are going to have to do a “real” filibuster:

If people think they are going to talk this to death, we are going to be in here all night. This is not something we are going to have a silent filibuster on. If someone wants to filibuster this bill, they are going to do it in the openness of the Senate.

That’s nice, but, umm… how come Chris Dodd of all people is the only senator who has to do a “real” filibuster? I don’t recall Reid threatening to “be in here all night” when the GOP blocked the Webb amendment, or the habeas corpus bill, or the energy-bill provisions shifting tax breaks away from oil companies and toward renewables, or any of the other bills the Republicans have been filibustering at an unprecedented rate, etc.

–Bradford Plumer

ME: Good question. Why is Dodd the only one Reid is holding accountable, and why now?

You with it, bro? :)

We just hates the wimmin, don’t we, KFG? :)

Actually, I’m responding to this crap just to call attention to my telco post above!:

http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/01/democratic-dream-ticket/#comment-281950

Not that I’m so damn special: We should ALL be SCREAMING it from the rooftops!

Pelosi should go along with Reid.

And reid? He’s now getting tough with DODD on his filibuster of the telecom immunity scandal. Too bad he couldnt be that tough on the repukes when THEY threatened to fillibuster.

What a maroon…

The first woman Speaker of the House, and I’m so darn proud of her. 2 steps from being President you know!

Get over it.

Getting a woman President next!

I think we should dump both harry and nancy and get real democrats

Amen to that, KFG. SF Nancy has been a particularly huge disappointment!

And don’t look now–actually, go head, look, PLEASE!! –Harry is pushing thru retroactive immunity for the friggin’ telcos CRIMINAL actions!

All they had to do was say “the government showed us the proper paperwork.” The government didn’t, of course! It was probably more like. . .

“Eddie, we need to spy on all Americans, and you need to help us. Of course you’ll get whatever legislation we can ram thru–you’ve already got a lot on allies on the Hill. Then you can join me and Lynn for cocktails later! Sneer/laugh! ”

“Okay, Dick, but if this gets out, you know there’ll be hell to pay! Particularly if they find out about our political censorship of streaming videos too!”

Crooks do what they do.

Just about ANYONE on the D side would be better than Harry.

I think we should dump both harry and nancy and get real democrats in the leadership positions. Both of these bush rubber stamps should go.

Maybe not, Vaughn, but it was a very close election and, sadly, the past 7 years have shown that’s all you need to steal an election, and make it stick.

But in terms of the Senator’s curse, if that’s really true, then then Dems have already lost; there have been numerous Senators in the #2 spot on winning tickets–it’s the top position that loses.

But, again, I keep in mind the supposed flukes: take a look at 1980–a governor from Hollywood, and a what?–former Congressman/UN ambassador/CIA director?

Not exactly a “dream team”!

Agree that Richardson has ’splaining to do about Lee.

I think we rely a little a too much on these historical stats sometimes. Causation is absent, ya know?

For my part, I think Edwards would accept the #2 slot again—whoever wins–but I doubt either Clinton or Obama would have him, and he would not be content to sit down and shut up.

Richardson would be an interesting wildcard, but he’d better explain his role in Wen Ho Lee’s unnecessary nightmare.

For VP she would be best served choosing a governor.

I think obama has sure as hell promised governor “leadership” something. A cabinet position? Something in the second term if she loses a senate election?

I wonder what Hillary did to piss off less than chatty kathy? I hope Hillary teaches sebelius and her bots a lesson if she wins the nomination.