Dodd's Anti-Spying Immunity Filibuster Fizzles, But He Fights On - Wired.com

Claims of a fizzle were... ah... premature. Wired might have done well to consult the flow chart before declaring that he had fizzled. Getting the whole thing ou where it could be debated was at least the plan of one of the 75 senator's: Senator Kennedy, who did a very nice job of pointing out that by Bush's own logic he is willing to sacrifice American's lives to get immunity for the telecoms.

Senator Dodd seems to have had at least a temporary success a lot faster than anyone expected.

Brons

For his stand on this, and other similar stands on the Rule of Law, I am favoring Dodd, but recognizing that his Presidency is a forlorn hope, I lean towards Edwards, Paul, and Obama in that order currently. There was a time when I could support McCain but not recently, and about the best thing I can say for Hillary at the moment is that she is enough of a Hawk that her election is less likely to drive Bush to do something irrevocable like toss bunker-busters at Iran research facilities than the election of an anti-war candidate.

I realize that the above list is not entirely consistent or perhaps even well reasoned, but a lot of what I am looking for in a President is someone I can trust with the inordinate power that the neocons have vested in the Presidency. Who will actually start to surrender that power and put the country back on the track of the Rule of Law. I was against Bush about 10 seconds after I first saw him speak because my "bully alarm" went off. I never cared what his policies or politics were. As a person I totally distrusted him with power.

Back to the Bill. Dodd seems our stongest hope. I suggest watching his web site, getting on his email list, and writing your senators, congressman, and the Presidential candidates, often and in no uncertain terms.

Brons