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Deliver us from Harry Reid

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

The Democrats have a real problem with Harry Reid. Right now we can see the pattern being set for weak, ineffectual, vacillating “leadership” of the Senate, which will inevitably lead to a failure to pass and implement Obama’s programs. The same people who rolled over to give Bush, an unelected President, carte blanche for eight […]

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Harry Reid says that Bush is the worst president ever

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Harry Reid states the obvious: Bush is the worst president ever: Given that he believes that, we must wonder why he did such a terrible job opposing the man, and why he caved in to him at almost every turn. (Video from Think Progress)

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Pelosi (perhaps) shows Reid how it’s done

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

If this is true (from Politico via Truthdig) then it’s a terribly refreshing development: [Pelosi] is laying down the law nonetheless. In talks with Emanuel and others, sources say, Pelosi has “set parameters” for what she wants from Barack Obama and his White House staff — no surprises, and no backdoor efforts to go around […]

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Joe Courtney votes for Auto Bailout

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

This from an email from the prolific Brian Farber: Congressman Joe Courtney released the following statement this evening after voting in favor of H.R. 7321, the Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act, which passed by a vote of 237-170: “‘Main Street’ is hurting and Connecticut’s hard working individuals are feeling the brunt of the economic […]

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Russ Feingold wants to restore the rule of law

Friday, November 14, 2008

This is one of the many reasons why an Obama victory was so important. Adam Cohen writes in the New York Times (Democratic Pressure on Obama to Restore the Rule of Law): In a Senate hearing room in September, weeks before Barack Obama won the election, a series of law professors, lawyers and civil libertarians […]

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Lest I forget

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

One and all are invited to join us here at Groton Democratic Headquarters (where I am right now) tomorrow night for the third and final debate. We are located at 303 Route 12 in Groton. Look for the GEICO sign. This one should be interesting. McCain has promised to go negative to Obama’s face. How […]

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Random notes

Monday, September 22, 2008

This is one of those days in which things happen so fast it makes your head spin. I’ll confine myself to passing on some random observations. First, a point that seems obvious, upon reflection. Dean Baker points out that there must definitely be something wrong with a bailout proposal that has corporations clamoring to be […]

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Dodd speaks out on FISA

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Chris Dodd’s website has the text of his FISA speech in Congress today, but the audio won’t play, at least on Safari. I tried to embed it in a post, but it was silent. Parts of the speech are on youtube however, and here’s one: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o_3bphT3dg[/youtube] Harry Reid is clearing the way for this bill. […]

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Dodd to filibuster, Harry Reid to subvert

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

You can see the endgame from a mile away. To his credit, Dodd has announced that he will filibuster the FISA legislation. Harry Reid has announced that he will co-sponsor Dodd’s amendment to strip immunity out of this legislation. Nonetheless, it’s clear that Reid stands ready to put the knife into Dodd, and to deliver […]

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More on FISA

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Glenn Greenwald has an excellent piece on the FISA bill, as well as the mainstream media reaction to it, which is to hail it as a compromise rather than the sell-out that it is. At times like this, mega corporations must stick together. Via that article, an honorable exception, from, who else? Keith Olbermann. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2MpyODTLnY[/youtube] […]

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