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By sdf
01/27/2006 05:31:56 PM EST

Update [2006-1-28 16:19:59 by sdf]: georgia10 has the lastest state of the field over at The Big Orange:
This is a follow-up to Armando's great posts this morning on the filibuster. Improbable? Yeah. Impossible? Never. Take 15 minutes out of your weekend for democracy's sake. Track the updates on the cloture count here. Here is the latest update: NO on cloture (announced support for a filibuster):
Barbara Boxer (D- CA)
Dianne Feinstein (D- CA)
Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT)
Richard J. Durbin (D- IL)
John F. Kerry (D- MA)
Edward M. Kennedy (D- MA)
Paul S. Sarbanes (D- MD)
Debbie A. Stabenow (D- MI)
Harry Reid (D- NV)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D- NY)
Charles Schumer (D- NY)
Ron Wyden (D- OR)
Russell D. Feingold (D- WI)
Barack Obama (D-IL)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Senators To Call:
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D- AR), 202-224-4843
Joseph I. Lieberman (D- CT), 202-224-4041
Thomas R. Carper (D- DE), 202-224-2441
Daniel K. Inouye (D- HI), 202-224-3934
Tom Harkin (D- IA), 202-224-3254
Evan Bayh (D- IN), 202-224-5623
Barbara A. Mikulski (D- MD), 202-224-4654
Carl Levin (D- MI), 202-224-6221
Mark Dayton (D- MN), 202-224-3244
Max Baucus (D- MT), 202-224-2651
Frank Lautenberg (D- NJ), 202-224-3224
Jeff Bingaman (D- NM), 202-224-5521
Jack Reed (D- RI), 202-224-4642
Patrick J. Leahy (D- VT), 202-224-4242
Maria Cantwell (D- WA), 202-224-3441
Patty Murray (D- WA), 202-224-2621
Herb Kohl (D- WI), 202-224-5653
John D. Rockefeller, IV (D- WV), 202-224-6472
James M. Jeffords (I- VT), 202-224-5141
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D- DE) , 202-224-5042
Bill Nelson (D- FL), 202-224-5274
Daniel K. Akaka (D- HI), 202-224-6361
Mary Landrieu (D- LA), 202-224-5824
Byron L. Dorgan (D- ND), 202-224-2551
Olympia Snowe (R- ME), 202-224-5344
The bold are those in most need of some convincing. Senators Biden, Nelson, Akaka, Landrieu, Dorgan, and Snowe have stated they would likely not support a filibuster. Not a firm stance, like Chaffee, Salazar, Pryor, and Conrad, so there is reason to keep calling them.

Georgia has more details over there, so go take a look.
Original post below the fold:

Update [2006-1-27 17:41:36 by sdf]: CNN story (in the middle, there) confirms that Feinstein will support filibuster.

I have been unable to get through to Feinstein's office myself today -- I've tried about twenty times, and both the San Francisco and D.C. offices are eternally busy -- but according to folks on the Eschaton comment threads, her staffers are now saying that she will support Kerry's filibuster.  If this is true, it is a major change of heart, and, potentially, a turning point in the filibuster.  Salazar's office is apparently getting bombarded with calls now as well.

For those from California and Colorado:

Feinstein's DC Office:  (202) 224-3841
Feinstein's San Francisco Office:  (415) 393-0707

Salazar's DC Office:  (202) 224-5852
Salazar's Denver Office:  (303) 455-7600

And for those who haven't heard, Hillary Clinton has come out with a statement supporting the filibuster.

All of the sudden, I don't hear any singing from the fat lady ...

-- Stu


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It's 2:30pm, PST, on Friday, January 27, 2006 (none / 1)
Do you know where your Senator stands?

-- Stu

by sdf on 01/27/2006 05:33:04 PM EST

Good question! (none / 0)
I know that Senator Clinton is now supporting the Filibuster. Have to check on Schumer.

Political Cortex -- Brain Food for the Body Politic

by Tom Ball on 01/27/2006 07:30:24 PM EST

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All too well, (none / 0)
I'm sorry to say.

Both Dole and Burr do not (will not ever) support anything that does not promote the will of King George.

But I haven't given up contacting other states' Senators.

Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. FDR

by btyarbro on 01/28/2006 04:32:17 PM EST

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Filibuster, How To (only you can make it happen!) (none / 0)
But only if we make it happen:

First: Call the Democrats (Mary Landrieu, Ken Salazar, Barack Obama, Tom Harkin) who oppose Alito but also said they oppose a filibuster. We must persuade them that a vote against Alito is meaningless if they don't support a filibuster.

Senator Salazar (D-CO) 202-224-5852

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) 202-224-5824 (If you can't get through the Washington number, look up the Senator's District Office number in your phone book or here: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica dbq/officials?lvl=C)

Senator Barack Obama Phone: 202-224-2854 District Offices: Chicago: 312-886-3506 Marion: 618-997-2402 Springfield: 217-492-5089

Senator Tom Harkin Phone: 202-224-3254 District Offices: Des Moines: 515-284-4574 Cedar Rapids: 319-365-4504 Davenport: 563-322-1338 Dubuque: 563-582-2130  Sioux City: 712-252-1550

Second : Call your own Democratic Senator: 888-355-3588 or 888-818-6641. If you can't get through, look up the Senator's District Office number in your phone book or here: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica dbq/officials?lvl=C

Third : Unbelievably, three Democrats (Ben Nelson, Tim Johnson and Robert Byrd) support Alito! Tell them to either support filibuster or at least "don't get in the way." Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) 202-224-6551 Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) 202-224-3954 Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) 202-224-5842

888-355-3588 or 888-818-6641. If you can't get through, look up the Senator's District Office number in your phone book or here: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica dbq/officials?lvl=C

Fourth: Call the "Red State" Democrats: (Message same as above -- "No" is meaningless) Tom Carper (DE)

Kent Conrad (ND)

Byron Dorgan (ND)

Mark Pryor (AR)

Fifth : Call these "Blue State" and pro-choice Republicans: (Message: A "Unitary Executive" is dangerous to balance of powers--please do not get in the way of a filibuster.) Lincoln Chafee (RI)

Susan Collins (ME)

Lisa Murkowsky (AK)

Bob Smith (OR)

Olympia Snowe (ME)

Ted Stevens (AK)

Blanche Lincoln (AR)

888-355-3588 or 888-818-6641. If you can't get through, look up the Senator's District Office number in your phone book or here: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica dbq/officials?lvl=C

For extra credit, call all of the 2008 Presidential candidates who are sitting Senators--Evan Bayh, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, and John Kerry--and tell them to either LEAD THE FILIBUSTER or KISS YOUR SUPPORT GOODBYE. 888-355-3588 or 888-818-6641. If you can't get through, look up the Senator's District Office number in your phone book or here: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica dbq/officials?lvl=C

You can also send that message to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (202-224-2447) and the Democratic National Committee (202-863-8000).

Polls and public opinion are another way to apply pressure -- get word out about why Alito needs to be filibustered:

Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. (Click here)

People for the American Way has collected nearly 65,000 signatures to send to the Senate, please add yours: Save the Court Petition

John Kerry has endorsed this anti-Alito petition, signers' names will be read into the Congressional Record:http://www.johnkerry.com/.. .

 

by judybrowni on 01/28/2006 07:51:06 AM EST

But...but... (none / 0)
...Wolf Blitzer has already declared that it's all over...and he's not alone.  How could all the pundits and talking heads of 3 networks and every cable TV news outlet be wrong?!

There's gotta be some mistake.  All these commentators nodding their heads so sagely and smiling so smugly (or stoically)...!  Who is it that gets to decide these things?  Certainly not 'We the People'.

by JosephHill on 01/28/2006 04:26:05 PM EST

Karl Rove, (none / 0)
Dick Cheney, and their minions in corporate broadcasting.

Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. FDR

by btyarbro on 01/28/2006 04:33:13 PM EST

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Relax...we're in good hands (none / 0)
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Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and their minions in corporate broadcasting.
>>>

Well, I'm sure they know what's best.  Heck...if you can't trust the Vice President and 'Turd Blossom', whom can you trust?

by JosephHill on 01/28/2006 06:22:20 PM EST

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