The wait is over, the jig is up, El Presidente has caved in to the radical right, and we have Samuel A. Alito nominated for Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on The Supremes.
I just wrote a personal note to all of the Gang of Fourteen in the Senate, and threw in our own worthless lock-step Senators from North Carolina and Arlen Specter, too, who has to preside over the committee hearings on Alito. We urge all of you to write them, and we recommend this handy page for quickly getting to each senator's web-mail form (most of them make you fill out a form when writing, but it's pretty fast to do).
The Gang of Fourteen hold the balance of power RE a filibuster:
Republicans:
John McCain
Lindsey Graham
John Warner
Olympia Snowe
Susan Collins
Michael DeWine
Lincoln Chafee
Democrats:
Joe Lieberman
Robert Byrd
Ben Nelson
Mary Landrieu
Daniel Inouye
Mark Pryor
Ken Salazar
Throw in:
Arlen Specter (he's supposedly pro-choice)
Elizabeth Dole
Richard Burr
Even though those last two won't listen any more than Madame Foxx does, they need to hear from North Carolina people on this nomination.
Monday, October 31, 2005
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