Back home in Oregon
Monday, September 8th, 2008First of all, there’s a website that I need to add to my blogroll, and that’s SenateGuru. They are pretty awesome - and this makes it much more so! First off, there is an extensive interview with Oregon Dem Jeff Merkley, who is going up against Bush scapegoat/apologist Gordon Smith. Merkley is up in recent [...]
Memo to Harry Reid: Strip Lieberman from his committee chairmanships!
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008By now, you have probably heard that Independent Senator Joe Lieberman will be speaking at the Republican National Convention. That’s fine - he has the right to do it. But because Lieberman was formerly a Democrat, and the Democratic Leadership has honored his past service and the fact that he will caucus with Democrats, with [...]
Filibustering against Telecom Immunity
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Okay - so several of our senators let us down when it came to fighting for the Constitution and against Telecom Immunity (I’m talking to *you*, Senator Obama! - even if there is a loophole to hold the companies criminally accountable). However, two Senators who should be commended, Senators Dodd and Feingold, plan on filibustering [...]

