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Why U.S. Senate does NOT Matter

By rmdSeaBos
Sat May 27, 2006 at 06:43:00 AM PST
Section: Diary Topic: Building the base

25 Dems - Including U.S. Senator Patty Murray, voted for the spook-in-chief Hayden for the thief-in-chief's CIA.

Remember the fillibuster against the recent Tax Thievery legislation ?

NO ?

It did NOT happen! Gotcha !!

The U.S. House, or down ticket, is where to put time and money, IMHO.

IF someone thinks a Dem Senate will matter, IMHO the following list of 5 Senate campaigns from Kos is a good list to support -

by supporting the new crowd, AND,

NOT supporting the same ol same ol quislings ... maybe the quislings ... will change their DNA?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/5/22/11734/5441

Kos has a bunch of Hayden diaries, I've skimmed some, and I see no point in re-writing stuff that people have already written.

http://www.dailykos.com/tag/Hayden

The BEST

BREAKING! Dems in Senate Vote 25-14 to Keep Powder Dry
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Fri May 26, 2006 at 09:47:34 AM PDT

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/5/26/124734/988

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Why U.S. Senate does NOT Matter | 16 comments (16 topical)

Groking

You may have some grounds for your opinion, but more Democrats in the Senate surely can't hurt!
Thank you for the links, I read some of them. I think kos is a little glitzy for my taste. BUt good information.

Dave Gibney Pullman

by gibney on Sat May 27, 2006 at 07:48:11 PM PST

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Well...

The Senate sure matters to the GOP.

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by Belltowner on Sat May 27, 2006 at 10:42:46 PM PST

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If we're quoting

Kos diaries, I think this one would do the author some good.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/5/20/2041/27344

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by Belltowner on Sat May 27, 2006 at 11:11:57 PM PST

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Just read the Kos post by gibney, 05/28/2006 04:15:07 PM PST (5.00 / 1)
I really enjoy how so many of us by rmdSeaBos, 05/28/2006 08:38:58 AM PST (none / 0)

Hey Bob! by Belltowner, 05/28/2006 12:20:12 PM PST (5.00 / 1)

you still drinking ?? by rmdSeaBos, 05/28/2006 12:45:10 PM PST (2.00 / 1)

happy happy happy <--this makes no sense, Bob by Belltowner, 05/28/2006 03:45:13 PM PST (none / 0)

I asked about free software by rmdSeaBos, 05/28/2006 04:03:01 PM PST (1.00 / 1)

I did offer a "hi there" by Belltowner, 05/28/2006 05:20:07 PM PST (none / 0)

The Senate Matters a Lot.

If we are going to be pushing Kos diaries here I may as well push this one that I wrote a few months ago on Jack Carter for Senate:

2006 The Democratic Perfect Storm is Here Featuring Jack Carter the Next Senator from Nevada

Ultimately, if Senators in the Democratic party we disagree with don't get re-elected then the Democratic Senators and Democratic Senatorial candidates who win that we do agree with will continue to be irrelevant.

by mstaley3000 on Sun May 28, 2006 at 11:06:08 AM PST

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YOUR candidate is Great! by rmdSeaBos, 05/28/2006 12:46:36 PM PST (none / 0)

Something there is that does not matter

... but I don't think it's the US Senate.

by RonK Seattle on Sun May 28, 2006 at 07:51:00 PM PST

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Hold On

Guys,
Please take a step back on this one. The Hayden nomination is complicated, although I realize that the main storylines will likely not be budged. Read Steve Clemons here before you jump to any conclusions. People close to the government right now see Hayden as the person to keep Donald Rumsfeld from exerting too much control over the CIA. It's not exactly ideal, but having Hayden in there might actually be the lesser of all evils right now.

At this point, there are much, much, bigger battles (Alito was one of them, sadly), and we need to have Democrats or any alternate party in power right now.

by thehim on Mon May 29, 2006 at 11:37:12 AM PST

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'82- '86 I lived in Tip O'Neils by rmdSeaBos, 05/29/2006 01:38:43 PM PST (none / 0)
Hayden is a professional by Belltowner, 05/29/2006 01:47:42 PM PST (none / 0)

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