Here's to Pat Leahy and Bernie Sanders, the ONLY Senators to speak

[cali]

out against Liebertoad today.

Just pathetic that they were the only ones.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/source_kerry_durbin_strongly_d.php

[pocoloco]

1. What aipac wants

aipac gets!

[bdamomma]

oh for sure.

[cali]

2. I doubt this had anything to do with AIPAC

[KittyWampus]

4. Oh, I think it does. Won't post much about it. Too divisive and liable to start a conflagration.

Big Picture.

Yes, AIPAC certainly does figure into it.

[cali]

5. It has a lot more to do with what Obama wanted.

Durbin's vote is a big fat clue. And sorry, no I don't believe Obama is controlled by AIPAC.

[KittyWampus]

12. You just assumed something I never said or meant or even implied.

"Obama is controlled by AIPAC"

There is no denying AIPAC's influence nor an effective counter-weight for that group in DC.

[Ian David]

24. I think we know EXACTLY what you meant. n/t

[saracat]

7. Yes it does. As does Rahm Emmanuel.

[Ian David]

23. There you go... doing it again. n/t

[anndash]

3. Good to see Dems with a spine

I can't see any good coming from this. Reaching out is one thing - rewarding traitorous campaigning is quite another.

[bdamomma]

6. Senator Dorgan and Senator Carper

came out against Lieberman too.

[Alexander]

9. I wouldn't bet on Carper, Lieberman thanked him today.

I'm guessing Carper just decided to talk tough.

[cali]

14. No they did not.

[Mass]

18. Ni, Lieberman thanks Carper, so I doubt he came against Lieberman.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Your state has two of the best (if not the best) senators, Cali.

There's damned few politicians I respect, but Leahy and Sanders are among them.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. We Had Obama & Durbin. What's Your Take On Them?

Just wondering.
The Professor

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. Don't know all that much about Durbin. Obama just seemed another centrist.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Well, His History Would Suggest Otherwise

The Professor

[Gold Metal Flake]

10. When Sanders forms a political party, or joins one, I will be there.

I think now it might be back to independent.

[MiniMe]

13. I heard last night, I think on MSNBC, that Sanders couldn't vote

because he is not a Dem. What puzzled me was the vote, I think it was 42-15, did I hear that right? It doesn't add up unless some of the Senators elect voted too.

[misanthrope]

15. Lieberman's not a Dem either...

...in official designation or action.

[MiniMe]

16. True. He could be stripped just for that. Hmmmm

[dflprincess]

21. Sanders is a Socialist (no, really, he even says so)

and there is a Socialist party (Jon Stewart had their presidential candidate on - it was not Obama) - I'm find them more attractive by the minute.

[bdamomma]

11. I have alot of respect for Bernie Sanders

he has our interests at heart.

[Mass]

17. No Merkeley, from OR spoke as well, but kudos to your 2 senators

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hyIW3sNdPT-eLawFnLxF9lJ9-AtAD94HGB080