Man, he is on top of it!
Another issue he is right on go Dodd and Edwards.

Good for him.

Amen John!

I'm just stunned by Harry Reid's spinelessness on this issue.  I've made excuses for him so many times, but in this case he's even refusing to extend legislative courtesies to members of his own party that he routinely extends to the Republicans.  It's wrong on many levels.

Here's hoping that the Presidential candidates who actually have voting rights in the Senate will join Edwards and Dodd on this issue.

Apparently Edwards was on Olbermann tonight and didn't mention this despite expectations he would.

Here's Obama's statement:

"I strongly oppose retroactive immunity in the FISA bill. No one should get a free pass to violate the basic civil liberties of the American people - not the president of the United States, and not the telecommunications companies that fell in line with his warrantless surveillance program [... T]hat is why I am proud to stand with Sen. Dodd and a grassroots movement of Americans who are standing up for our civil liberties and the rule of law."

Yes, but will Mr. Obama show up for the vote.  He and Mrs. Clinton didn't bother to support Dodd last time.

Edwards should lead a march to the Senate reminding Reid why they were given the majority in '06.  

Last time, it was okay for all of the candidates to not be there because it takes 60 yes votes to break your usual filibuster, regardless of the number of no votes.

I'm not sure that Reid seriously means it when he says that this will require an actual, stand there and talk forever, filibuster. It would be kind of a shock given that he's never actually forced the Republicans to do it. We'll see what happens.

As I understand it, though, the House has passed a version that doesn't give retroactive immunity, so they'll still have to go to a conference committee, and then pass it through both houses again. So there's a long way to go before this thing becomes law.

That's what I'm wondering.

It's ironic he has spent so much time talking about the Senate when he has spent much time apologizing for his votes when he was actually in it.  He's so passionate about it now, I woud hope when he loses, he will try to get back in, vote the way he keeps harping on everyone else to, instead of going back to to work for the Hedge fund that it seems he still has 16 million invested in.

Once again, Edwards leads. I liked this:

Get thee to DC and filibuster, Senators.

Get em Jane!

Clinton leaving SC has absolutely nothing to do with this FISA Bill.

Edwards was making the point, that if Clinton has already left SC, even before their primary, it follows that she wont be there to campaign in the general election.

I think it's pretty apparent that Hillary has the plan as Kerry did, write off the South, as Kerry did. Look what good that did us!

Democrats need to stop writing off all Southern states and ignoring the voices of Southerners.