So everyone is spinning the cloture vote to put the best possible face on it. "From we did our best and they know we exists" to "at least our powder is still dry", my favorite personally is "it was always near impossible".
It always seems impossible. but we got to get ready for the next fight, right ? NSA spying ? SOTU speech ? whatever it is it's none of that.
Our next fight is to inject some spine into our Senate Democrats, by force.
Voting yes on cloture:
Akaka
Inouye
Cantwell
Rockefeller
Byrd
Bingaman
Lieberman
Nelson (FL)
Nelson (NE)
Baucus
T. Johnson
Dorgan
B. Lincoln
Salazar
Conrad
Landrieu
Pryor
Carper
Kohl
That's almost 50% of the caucus. You honestly think anyone paid any attention to any of us ? If you do I have some marshland in florida to sell ya.
You think they are going to pay any attention to any of us in the future ?
I got news for you all, we've been had.
You want to send a message ? Keep those fax machines and phones going to the Senate leadership, the DSCC and the DNC and tell the whole fucking bunch of them they can forget about getting another single dime until they find a spine. Tell them they can forget about getting another single inch of leather from canvassing, or a single push of a single button for phone banking.
Tell them to take you off their email lists - you'll get back to them when they deserve it.
Elect more Democrats ? Are you fucking kidding me, we could have had 60 and cloture would still have passed. We dont need more democrats, we need better ones. Plain and fucking simple.
Votes have consequences - this vote should have massive consequences. You want them to listen ? Hit them where it hurts.
Remember what Steve Emendorf said?
"The bloggers and online donors represent an important resource for the party, but they are not representative of the majority you need to win elections," said Steve Elmendorf, a Democratic lobbyist who advised Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. "The trick will be to harness their energy and their money without looking like you are a captive of the activist left."
See if they all still feel like that when their email lists are empty and the money isnt flowing in and no one shows up at campaign HQ. Their strategy is working, ours isnt.
Fuck the Republicans, the problem is the Democrats.
Put me in the MSOC camp.