Tuesday, July 07, 2009

And you guys call yourselves DEMOCRATS?

Straight from information provided by Howard Dean, TPM:
So you know where to direct your angry calls and letters, here's a breakdown of members of the Democratic caucus who either openly oppose the public option or haven't indicated their position clearly. Needless to say, zero Republicans have any chance of supporting it. Most of this information comes from Howard Dean's website.

Openly opposed to the public option: (2)

*Mary Landrieu, D-LA
*Joe Leiberman, D/I-CT

Can't make up their minds: (20)
*Ben Nelson, D-NE
*Bill Nelson, D-FL
*Blanche Lincoln, D-NE
*Byron Dorgan, D-ND
*Diane Feinstein, D-CA
*Evan Bayh, D-IN
*Harry Reid, D-NV
*John Tester, D-MT
*Kay Hagan, D-NC (though she recently said she would support the public option)
*Kent Conrad, D-ND
*Maria Cantwell, D-WA
*Mark Begich, D-AK
*Mark Pryor, D-AR
*Mark Udall, D-CO
*Mark Warner, D-VA
*Max Baucus, D-MT
*Michael Bennett, D-CO
*Robert Byrd, D-WV
*Ron Wyden, D-OR
*Tom Carper, D-DE

If Howard Dean's info is to believed, there are 38 Senators on board already. So assuming no Republican support, every one of these members needs to be convinced to achieve 60 votes.
I don't understand. Democrats are for the disenfranchised, the common folk, the person on the street.... WTF are they thinking?

2 comments:

Steve Bates said...

Translation for the less politically inclined: "Can't make up their minds" = "Have made up their minds perfectly well, but don't want to tell you they are not voting your way."

"I don't understand. Democrats are for the disenfranchised, the common folk, the person on the street.... WTF are they thinking?" - ellroon

They're thinking of industry dollars in campaign coffers. And you're thinking of Old Democrats like me. This is not your father's DP. It's not really mine, either.

ellroon said...

Dammit, Steve! Can we hit the reset button? Dig Teddy Roosevelt out of his coffin? Hire the Molly Maguires? Where did we go wrong? When did we lose it all to the big corporations?