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Congressman Paul’s presidential campaign responds to The Daily Background’s article about alleged racism in the Congressman’s past writings… check the update at the bottom of this article.
See the top 15 most ebmarrassing photos of George W. Bush here. These ones were funny too, but didn’t quite make the cut for one reason or another.
Checking the Presidential fly: Very funny, but unfortunately also very fake.
The lens caps, sir? Although this photo is real, Bush actually removed the lens caps a moment […]
I thought I’d talk a little bit about news sources.
There used to be a time when wealthy white men would read the morning and maybe evening edition of their favorite newspaper, and that was pretty much the only news consumption that was going on– besides basic word of mouth. It would take days for international […]
Kos has some good final thoughts on Alito, as well as a look at the future. Consider it highly reccomended reading.
The cloture vote to end debate on Supreme Court nominee Alito just passed, with a final vote of 72 to 25. Well damn. Looks like we’ve lost this battle, and Alito will be confirmed tomorrow with a simple majority in a final Senate vote at 11am.
Of interest, Senator Lieberman (”D” - CT), who earlier said […]
The senate is debating on whether or not to confirm Alito today. C-SPAN is reporting the current numbers are 57-36 57-37. The Senators who have not yet signaled their intentions are the following:
Bayh (D)
Dorgan (D)
Landrieu (D)
Menendez (D) (Voted No)
Snowe (R)
Rockefeller (D)
Cantwell (D)
Murray (D)
According to C-SPAN, if cloture passes on the upcoming filibuster (to end it), […]
His thoughts, after rumors circulated that he opposed filibustering Alito. Some reaction.
For the record, I blog from Chicago IL, and I support Obama largely. I think he made some good points recently.
0. Troutfishing says to call people you know. What do you tell them to do? At the moment, senators voicemail inboxes and email inboxes are reportedly mostly full (of our messages), so they aren’t taking new ones. It’s down to fax.
1. You can very easily fax several key senators for free, by just filling out […]
Senator Feingold has added himself to the filibuster list. Here’s the most up to date list I can muster:
D-Senator John Kerry
D-Senator Edward Kennedy
D-Senator Hillary Clinton
D-Senator Russ Feingold
D-Senator John Kerry
D-Senator Ron Wyden
D-Senator Diane Feinstein
D-Senator Dick Durbin
D-Senator Debbie Stabenow
D-Senator Barbara Boxer
D-Senator Harry Reid
You can contact your senators via email or phone, here.
Am I missing anybody? Let me […]
Earlier, I wrote about the upcoming filibuster on Supreme Court nominee Alito. So far it’s Senators Kerry and Kennedy. And Lieberman if he comes through on his earlier promise (not to be counted on until we get definitive info).
AP says add Senator Wyden (Dem from Oregon) to that list. Expect updates on the growing list […]
Today, Senator Kerry made it public that he wants to filibuster Alito.
You might also remember that Senator Lieberman said he would be open to a filibuster a while back. I first blogged about it here, and speculated that he was only doing it to appease his liberal state, when he didn’t think a filibuster was […]
Expected:
The Judiciary Committee favorably recommended Samuel Alito’s Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate on a party-line vote Tuesday, moving the conservative jurist one step closer to joining the high court.
All 10 Republicans voted for Alito, while all eight Democrats voted against him. The partisan vote was almost preordained, with 15 of the 18 […]
I’ll provide as much coverage as my schedule allows. Possibly a quick roundup early afternoon, and an extended one in the evening. In the meantime, I sure wouldn’t be surprised if DKos was liveblogging the vote, or at least had some good coverage.
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Check out our Alito Archives.
So Much For Frist’s early hope for a lack of partisanship in the Alito hearings. He seems to have dashed whatever last hope there was for that when he said that Alito was ‘Democrats worst nightmare‘
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