UPDATE: MASS ARRESTS OVER TORTURE 1 HOUR AGO, VIDEO BELOW. GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Dawn Johnsen, nominee for the Office of Legal Counsel which is a key position for calling torturers to account, has so frightened the right-wing with her criticisms of John Yoo and Alberto Gonzales that they are pulling out all the stops for their first filibuster of an Obama nominee. Johnsen is seen by many as the dog Obama will unleash on the torturers without having to do much himself. The spotlight is on four senators now, Specter, Snowe, Collins and Gregg, who between them hold the key to breaking a Republican filibuster. If just one stands up against torture, Johnsen is confirmed, and Bush's problems have just begun. If all four go down, Obama will lose a major test of his ability to push through his nominees.
Johnsen has been "a fierce and outspoken critic of John Yoo and the Bush administration's unconstitutional torture regime," according to the CREDO Action Network.
The right is targeting the Blue Dogs, and some of them will fall. The only way to insure that Johnsen gets an up-or-down vote in the Senate is to convince at least one of these senators to stand up and be counted, to show that the Bush years of intimidation are over. CREDO has made it easier than ever to send a fax HERE, you don't even need a fax machine. Just go to the site and follow the instructions, then forward it to everyone you can. Work feverishly, spread it far and wide. Obama's first real test of strength is here.
CREDO Action Network fax campaign, confirm Dawn Johnsen.
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UPDATE: MASS ARRESTS OVER TORTURE 1 HOUR AGO. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY.
Full report at HuffPo.