For all the attention currently being paid to the presidential race, there's another very important contest that's not getting a whole lot of play. In this video, Senator Kerry emphasizes to the Saugus town committee the importance of increasing our slim Democratic majority in the Senate and the House.
Because Republicans have decided that the filibuster is de rigeur this season, there is no other way. It's either sixty votes in the Senate or we're stuck with the same old Washington politics.
So, it's either obstructionists like Mitch McConnell, roadblock leader, who has voted time and again against the will of the American people, or a Democrat who will work for the people of Kentucky and the country. It's either ethically challenged Ted 'road-to-nowhere' Stevens, or popularAnchorage Mayor Mark Begich. John Sununu or Jeanne Shaheen. Environmental disaster Inhofe, or Andrew Rice, who is running on a platform of social justice and common sense public policy.
Maybe Senate Republicans should stay off the road and stick to parking lots where it's safe. Or not.
Probably best they just let the grownups take the wheel before Congressional Republicans drive this country further into the ditch.
Video Credit: punim7113
Comments (1)
Posted by beachmom | April 20, 2008 4:57 PM
Faith, this is a great clip. Nothing like John Kerry to brighten one's day. The housing crisis is very scary. That's awful that his amendment was stripped out of the bill. I hadn't heard Obama's "pain trickling up" comment before. Wow, that is spot on.