Senator Mary Landrieu, Please Filibuster Alito

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Monday January 16, 2006 · 12:37 PM PST

2006/01/16 · 12:37

We all remember the marathon filibuster that took place in the Senate in November 2003. All but two or three Democrats participated in this filibuster, and our caucus successfully blocked three of Bush's judicial nominees. Sen. Mary Landrieu provided one of the best filibuster speeches during these three days of madness. Not only was her speech coherent; it was accessible to the public who was viewing the trench warfare waged in that august chamber. I post this diary, as I desire to remind readers of Sen. Landrieu's potential.

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Gang of 14 on Alito

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Sunday January 15, 2006 · 4:03 PM PST

2006/01/15 · 16:03

Although Feinstein and Durbin may claim a filibuster will not be mounted against Alito, Harry Reid will determine if this is the strategy to be pursued during the Democratic Senate Caucus meeting on Wednesday. As of right now, or 5.20pm CST, only two Democratic Senators have voiced their opposition to an Alito filibuster. These Senators are Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Mark Pryor of Arkansas.

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Southern Strategy for Alito Filibuster

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Saturday January 14, 2006 · 2:48 PM PST

2006/01/14 · 14:48

This is a short diary about activism. My mother, who recently moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, is frustrated, because she cannot contact any Senator who will even consider blocking Samuel Alito's nomination. But Democrats, she noted, held Bush below 60% in most of the Southern states. And yet, many of them have no representation in the Senate. But their opinions deserve to be heard, she maintains. We discussed this dilemma, and we formulated a strategy whereby Southern Democrats can ensure their opinions are voiced and heard this crucial weekend. I outline this strategy in the extended body. Read More

Senate 2006, Maryland: VULNERABLE OPEN SEAT

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Friday January 13, 2006 · 2:49 PM PST

2006/01/13 · 14:49

We should be concerned about the open Senate seat in Maryland during the 2006 cycle.

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Staged Tears

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Wednesday January 11, 2006 · 6:21 PM PST

2006/01/11 · 18:21

I ask everyone to review minutes 2:46:00 and 2:47:00 of "Samuel Alito Supreme Court Justice Confirmation Hearings - Day 3, Afternoon Session (1/11/2006)". This is available at C-SPAN.

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George Bush Visits Chicago Today

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Friday January 06, 2006 · 4:50 AM PST

2006/01/06 · 04:50

George W. Bush will speak to Economic Club of Chicago today at the Hilton Towers at 720 South Michigan Avenue at 12pm. He will tout his tax cuts and exhort Congress to pass his spending and revenue plans. But there is more to Bush's visit to the bastion of urban Democratic than meets the naive eye that refuses to join me in the extended body. Read More

PROTEST BUSH ANNOUNCEMENT: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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Friday December 30, 2005 · 10:07 AM PST

2005/12/30 · 10:07

George W. Bush will speak at a fundraiser at the Chicago Hilton & Towers at 720 South Michigan Avenue on Friday, 6 JAN 2006. Please recommend, and please inform all Chicagoland residents of this protest. Although I am not a member of the organization who authored the announcement copied in the extended body, I support this protest, and I plan to attend it. I hope to see everyone there. Do we have any sign suggestions? Read More

Making the Case for Claire McCaskill

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Wednesday December 28, 2005 · 11:55 PM PST

2005/12/28 · 23:55

Although some blogs such as Modern Vertebrate in Chicago and the University of Virginia's Center for Politics refuse to acknowledge the competitive nature of the race for Jim Talent's Senate seat in Missouri in 2006, poll after poll indicate otherwise.

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Letter to the Editor

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Thursday December 22, 2005 · 11:50 PM PST

2005/12/22 · 23:50

This is an interesting Letter to the Editor on the dynamics predicating the impending primary in Illinois's sixth district. It was published in the 21 DEZ 2005 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Many more of these letters will be written, even if the writer receives anonymous threats from "unavailable" callers on his home telephone. Did he trip upon some deeply held principle?

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Provisional Dossier on the Senate and the Patriot Act

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Thursday December 15, 2005 · 8:47 AM PST

2005/12/15 · 08:47

The Senate is presently debating the Patriot Act. A cloture vote will occur tomorrow morning, and both sides of the debate claim they have the votes to either kill or sustain a filibuster. Below are the positions of our Senators as of 10:46am CST, 15 DEC 2005: Read More

Congressional Insanity

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Wednesday December 14, 2005 · 5:39 PM PST

2005/12/14 · 17:39

Imagine activating a live stream of C-SPAN 1 only to discover a debate on a resolution that protects the symbols of Christmas from various "attacks." And imagine having a Jewish man from New York explain how this bill is discriminatory, asking the resolution's sponsor to consider the sanctity of other holidays' symbols. But the sponsor, a certain representative named JoAnn Davis from Virginia, stands rigidly before her microphone and utters as if she were an automaton: "But those symbols are not under attack; what is under attack are candy canes and Christmas lights."

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A Filibuster in the Wake of the Gang of 14?

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Tuesday December 13, 2005 · 9:12 AM PST

2005/12/13 · 09:12

As many have already noted, the filibuster is the topic of vociferous polemics both on the Senate floor and in the general media. Sen. Byrd had to school Sen. Frist on the filibuster, and many Senate Democrats have noted how the filibuster is still "on the table." Alhtough many claim this is impossible given the Memorandum of Understanding signed by 7 Senate Republicans and 7 Senate Democrats, there are a few technical aspects of that document that are worth reviewing.

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