An actual independent. An actual filibuster, not just the threat of one. From NPR: If you want to see an old-style Senate filibuster, check out C-Span.org. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who conferences with Senate Democrats, launched a filibuster at 10:30 am Friday against President Obama’s tax-cut compromise with congressional Republicans. He shows no [...]
Susie flags a HuffPo blog by Clarence B. Jones, MLK’s counsel and advisor. When a close friend of (and former advisor to) Martin Luther King Jr. is calling for a primary challenge to Obama, something very big is happening. via Suburban Guerrilla » Blog Archive » Change in the wind. First off, being held in [...]
Some would rather have Obama fight this out until the end. “The end” is a few weeks from now. Not the next election. The current congress is done at the congress’ break on Dec 17th(?). The politics and polls point to the Obama tax plan being a winner but legislation isn’t made in a vacuum. What [...]