Yes, Maria Cantwell is running to keep her seat BUT
She Brought It On Herself!!!
Progressives warned her, but she didn't listen!
I just don't buy that Progressives who demand she take a position against the Iraq war or risk losing their support are helping her Republican opponent.
From the Seattle Stranger's Blog:
Cantwell Sit-In Continues
Posted by JOSH FEIT at 05:47 PM
Just got a message from Adam, one of the 7 anti-war activists who's standing his ground at Sen. Maria Cantwell's Seattle offices.
He says the group had a long conference call with two Cantwell staffers in D.C. plus Kurt Beckett here in Seattle. Adam described Cantwell's line as "candy coated bullshit" because the Cantwell folks just wouldn't answer the simple Yes or No question: Does Cantwell support Sen. Kerry's call for troop withdrawal by Dec. 2006?
Several members of the group were prepared to "go the civil disobedience route" --meaning they'd get removed by federal security guards, cited, and fined. But, evidently in order to avoid the controversy and attention that would come with arrests, Cantwell's staff decided to let the protesters stay in the building after hours while staff stays with them.
I still haven't heard back from Cantwell's press people.
Comments and the original text here.
Our own Dem State Chairman Dwight Pelz had some choice words for Howard Dean at the DNC meeting on Monday. The point is that the Dems are still suffering from the fact that they do not, as a party, oppose the war in Iraq. Many candidates, like Maria Cantwell, have "no regrets" about their votes to authorize the lying, incompetent Bush administration to do this war on Iraq.
They should AND they should certainly not make the same mistake again by co-sponsoring Rick Santorum's S. 333 which is the first step towards a Bush war on Iran.