Hotline reports Frist to bring censure resolution to floor after break!

[flpoljunkie]

Hot damn! We got work to do!

We must make sure that our Senators, as well as our Representatives, hear from us during the upcoming Congressional spring break next week--that we support holding our imperial president accountable and expect them to vote for Feingold's censure resolution. What is that they do not understand about upholding the "rule of law?"--particularly the Republican Senators.

Flip-flop Frist will, no doubt, reverse course when he hears from his fellow Rethugs after they return from the spring recess.

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/03/from_our_report.html

March 16, 2006

Frist To Bring Censure Resolution To Floor

We hear...

....that Senate Republicans will force a floor vote on Sen. Russ Feingold's censure resolution after Congress returns from its next recess.

The GOP wants to put Dems on record. Sen. Maj. Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) believes that the best tactic for Republicans heading into a midterm where the environment favors Dems is to heighten the contrast on issues where Americans percieve Dems to be weak.

An adviser said Frist wants to use "the completely off-the-rails behavior of the Democrats on censure to serve as an organizing principle for Republicans in the Senate, house, and in the states and counties." Frist's VOLPAC will try to build a grassfire against the censure among the Republican base. (The PAC's e-mail list is quite large.)

Said one Republican shoulder-deep in the midterms: "If it is a referendum, we have a challenge, if it is a choice, we have a chance."

Posted at 03:22 PM

[MADem]

1. If this actually comes to pass, it will be very interesting!

Question ONE: Which GOP Senators are UP FOR REELECTION in 06? As you can see from this Moonie link, http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Rove2.htm Rove is determined to cut off funding for anyone who doesn't play ball with the White House. THOSE are the nuts that need to be put in a vise!!!

If the GOP wants the Dems on record, well, GUESS WHAT??? WE want the GOP on record, too!!!

Old Cat Killer is too clever by half--this could well backfire on him. He sees the polls inching up in favor of censure, and he is trying to get it behind him before it reaches critical mass. He may well have misjudged...I think his timing is off!

[NVMojo]

2. the crooks in Congress are holding the honest folk hostage!!!

[Lerkfish]

3. all the more reason why people need to SUPPORT censure.

[flpoljunkie]

4. Guess "Cat Killer" has not seen the latest ARG poll numbers on censure.

http://americanresearchgroup.com/

Do you favor or oppose the United States Senate passing a resolution censuring President George W. Bush for authorizing wiretaps of Americans within the United States without obtaining court orders?

3/15/06 Favor Oppose Undecided

All Adults 46% 44% 10%
Voters 48% 43% 9%

Seventy percent, yes 70% of Democrats support censure. Even 29% of Republicans support censure!

[Joanne98]

5. It will rally our troops too!

[flpoljunkie]

6. Yes. Let Republicans justify a NO vote to censure our imperial President.

Remind them that no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States.

[kentuck]

7. The Doctor has never been wrong in his judgements...?

right? :)

[flpoljunkie]

8. A good one, kentuck!

[SpiralHawk]

9. Cool. Mercury goes direct on March 25

And transiting Uranus will be squaring the USA Ascendant*

All of which means: better chance for censure of koMMander AWOL to gain some traction


* Channeled from the Ghost of Ronald Reagan's Republican astrologer, and therefore UN-ASS-AILABLE.