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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:17 PM Original message |
Obama not sure he can make it back for FISA Vote...but he Supports Dodd/Firedoglake |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. ALL the Senators NEED to be DC NOW!! |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. I've written about this today too |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. If they won't come back and help Dodd it means they know it's futile to bother. |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. They DIDN'T come back to help Dodd... |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Do you think Edwards would've gone to DC to help? |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. He was consistently criticized in 2004 for missing votes while on the campaign trail |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I agree. But it WILL bother me (yet not surprise me) if Edwards says Hillary and Obama should've |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. At an Edwards event tonight... |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Good for him then. |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Dodd on CSpan Now.. FYI.. n/t |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Hillary: "I haven't seen it so I can't express an opinion about it" |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. But after it's voted on, she'll have an opinion. Bank on it. nt |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Clinton, Edwards, Obama, where do their priorities lie? |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Edwards isn't in the Senate, but I guess he can issue a statement. |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm underwhelmed. . . |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here is TF. |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. His "only substantive contribution" is his vote? Doesn't his opinion carry weight?. . . |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:43 PM Original message |
Excellent point.. |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Voting isn't the only thing |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Filibuster has not worked that way in decades. |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Yes, it is still done that way, if the Majority Leader requires it |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. THANK you! |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. You've got to be kidding me |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. I live in the real world |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. with all due respect, your world isn't the one I hope to leave to my children |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Screaming at the top of one's lungs |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Sorry, but you both miss the point |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. What Effieblack said |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. What a load of crap! |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. While it is true the result will be the same whether Obama is there or not, |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. Are any of them there but Dodd?? n/t |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. At the moment, it is only Dodd |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. I support Obama but if he doesn't make it back for this |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Obama, Biden and Clinton are not there today. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. None of the candidates will be there. They know it won't be a close vote... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. 'It's not clear whether he can return for the vote' - - oh my. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Who's your candidate again? |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. Barack can always find the time to play patticakes with Oprah. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. And who's Hillary playing patticake with? |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Unlike your "visionary", Hillary doesn't have a record of being a Senate no-show. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Well thats convenient. You can't pick a choose here.... |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. AWOL Obama's the hypocrite. He has a habit of criticizing the votes of |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. I heard HILLARY'S the "visionary" now! And so it's ok to be MIA when it's YOUR candidate? |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Never underestimate the travel capacity of the Hill-O-Copter. I've |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yeah, yeah, yeah - what else is new?? nt |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. a bit weaselly ? |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. What a surprise... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Was Biden there? |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. That's exactly how we've gotten into the mess we're in.. |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Yes, they could.... |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. Since when has BO let Senate votes get in the way |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Do you support any of the "big three"? Because if you do, you should single them out as well. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
39. After his no-show on Kyle/Lieberman, he's an idiot to miss this vote. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. If we're going based on history, if Hillary showed up... |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. HRC actually issued a statement that she hadn't even read or formed an opinion |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
47. Doesn't matter. It's been tabled until after the holidays |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Hardly a victory not to show up. But for now, Dodd has |
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