YES!-Just got off a conference call with Kennedy and others (Firedoglake)

[kpete]

And Away We Go....


Just got off a conference call with Ted Kennedy and others, and we got a better idea where the Dems are on all of this.

Some notes:

Maria Cantwell is reportedly quite wobbly, and might be succeptible to pressure. If Cantwell falls, Murray will potentially fall too.

Levin, Harkin, Bayh, Lautenberg, Lincoln, Pryor and Lieberman (who has not in fact committed) all need pressure.

Kennedy says the press have been able to convince people that the Dems they are obstructionist; they have been successful in spreading the perception that Daschle was an obstructionist, and look what happened to him. They believe that voting their consience on this matter is "obstructionist," and they think they will pay a fiersome price back home if they are perceived thusly, so PLEASE let them know that just the opposite is true.

more at:
http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006_01_22_firedoglake_archive.html#113848438495105209

[blm]

1. Tell Kennedy that wealthy Dems need to buy KnightRidder news organization

or that will be the END of ANY objective press.

[Angry Girl]

10. Yes! Thank you!

And where's Soros when you need him? And what happened to Larry Flynt, who was remarkable about pushing certain democratic issues? Did the GOP get to them too?

[doublethink]

2. Fricking Press ....... and Repubs ....

"Obstructionists" if ya do, "Spineless" if ya don't. Which is it? These people are a barrel of laughs. :rofl: Okay time to put big pressure on the people you just posted. Thank's again kpete for the info. God-send. We got about 48 HOURS to get this done before the vote. Fight! :bounce:

[electropop]

23. "Obstructionist" is something to be proud of,

if you are obstructing destruction.

[DemInDistress]

3. when I called clinto and schumer I stressed our Democratic

leaders have the support of 60/70 million democrats please dont let us down without a fight. I will call again except their are defeatists among us. People who seem to want alito confirmed I DONT......

[jimshoes]

4. Better to be obstructionists than

modern day Neville Chamberlains. The British diplomat who is mostly known for appeasing Adolph Hitler before the Second World War.

[Wordie]

5. Thanks for this kpete. They need to be reminded that they can reply to

"obstructionist" claims, that Frist himself and other Republicans too, filibustered when it was convenient to them:

Here is some info of interest from PFAW's page on the nuclear option:

...staunch nuclear option proponents like Senators Hatch and Frist have their own histories to explain.


In 1994, when some Republicans were opposing a cloture vote on a judicial nomination, Hatch defended the minority’s right to filibuster, declaring that the filibuster is “one of the few tools the minority has to protect itself and those the minority represents.”

More recently Senator Frist voted to support a Republican filibuster of a Clinton appellate nominee, Richard Paez, and even voted for a motion to postpone consideration of the nomination after cloture had been invoked – an exceedingly rare tactic used to avoid a final vote.

Senator Howard Baker Jr. (R-TN), stated during the successful filibuster waged against Abe Fortas (which he supported): "On any issue the majority at any given moment is not always right."

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=18350

Repeat after me: "FLIP FLOPPER FRIST!"

[kpete]

7. Good point

Sounds like they want love letters. Okay, kiss their asses. Whatever it takes!

[Wordie]

12. FLIP FLOPPER FRIST! eom

[Blaukraut]

6. wobbly in which direction?

That's not quite clear in the blog. Is she on board and wavering, or not on board yet and wobbling towards us?

[hang a left]

11. I think she is on board but wobbly....

That is what I got from the post.

[Blaukraut]

15. gotcha

I don't get why they're cracking under media pressure. Haven't they figured out yet that the media is not the Democrats' friend, ever? After eight years and counting, of the media favoring the repugs, you'd think the Dems would ignore their crap.

[hang a left]

8. Can we fax Cantwell if we are not in Washington.

Hubby has family there but I think they are mostly freepers.

[AlamoDemoc]

21. If you have a fax line at home use *67 to block you number..n/t

[seabeyond]

9. too short in time, but man gotta get media to take a serious look

at alito. once again they have failed miserably in presenting alito and the issues about him. they have totally just given bush line. people have to hear what alito advocates

[mzmolly]

13. "OBSTRUCTING INJUSTICE!"

How bout that for a new meme ? ;)

Great link thanks KPete.

I am continuing in the vein of the blog by noting the fax numbers and access to the free fax site:

Georgia10 at Kos is holding a great war room on the filibuster. She provides a really helpful list of fax numbers:

AR: Lincoln(D) [phone]
AR: Pryor(D) [phone]
CA: Boxer(D) [phone]
CA: Feinstein(D) [phone]
CO: Salazar(D) [phone]
CT: Dodd(D) [phone]
CT: Lieberman(D) [phone]
DE: Biden(D) [phone]
DE: Carper(D) [phone]
FL: Nelson(D) [phone]
HI: Akaka(D) [phone]
HI: Inouye(D) [phone]
IA: Harkin(D) [phone]
IL: Durbin(D) [phone]
IL: Obama(D) [phone]
IN: Bayh(D) No FAX listed
LA: Landrieu(D) [phone]
MA: Kennedy(D) [phone]
MA: Kerry(D) [phone]
MD: Mikulski(D) [phone]
MD: Sarbanes(D) [phone]
MI: Levin(D) [phone]
MI: Stabenow(D) [phone]
MN: Dayton(D) [phone]
Local [phone]
MT: Baucus(D) [phone]
ND: Conrad(D) [phone]
ND: Dorgan(D) [phone]
NE: Nelson(D) [phone]
NJ: Corzine(D) [phone]
NJ: Lautenberg(D) [phone]
NM: Bingaman(D) [phone]
NV: Reid(D) [phone]
NY: Clinton(D) [phone]
NY: Schumer(D) [phone]
OR: Wyden(D) [phone]
RI: Reed(D) [phone]
SD: Johnson(D) [phone]
VT: Leahy(D) [phone]
VT: Jeffords(I) No FAX listed
WA: Cantwell(D) [phone]
WA: Murray(D) [phone]
WI: Feingold(D) [phone]
WI: Kohl(D) [phone]
WV: Rockefeller(D) [phone]
WV: Byrd(D) [phone]

Vulnerable Republicans:
Lincoln Chafee Fax: [phone]
Susan Collins: Fax: [phone]
Olympia Snowe: Fax: [phone]

Georgia10 :yourock:

[upi402]

14. Cantwell and Murray were emailed and faxed and phoned by me

<Maria Cantwell is reportedly quite wobbly, and might be succeptible to pressure. If Cantwell falls, Murray will potentially fall too.>

I will work to unseat those dino's I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD!!!!
I don't care if I have to vote for a god damn Rethuglican, I fucking WILL!!!!!!!!!
I'll donate to the shitheads.
I'M SO FUCKING PISSED AT ALL THESE TRAITOROUS DINO'S.

(upi402 remembers to breathe, head returns to its usual red, from purple and blue color)

[Jawja]

16. In other words,

they are being intimidated by Repug tactics. :eyes:

[mzmolly]

I think they fear they'll be "Daschled?"

Exposed to anthrax and out of a job. :(

But, WE must keep the pressure up regardless!

[Straight Shooter]

17. Obstructionist is Alito standing in the way of our civil rights.

There's your damn obstructionist.

[aquart]

18. Great. We have a brainwashed Senate.

[kiteinthewind]

19. Local Offices!! CALL and FAX

I apologize for the length of this, but this is an emergency!

Friends and Activists,

I know you are probably overwhelmed, as I am, with what is happening, but one
more time, PLEASE call the Democratic senators Monday toll-free at
1-877-851-6437. Tell them you SUPPORT the filibuster!! Word has it that due to
overwhelming response to the Alito situation, many Senators have full voicemails
or have turned them off due to all the calls!!! So below, I have listed
alternate local offices for the Senators we need to focus on this WEEKEND!!
Remember, a lot of people's cell phones have free weekends and most have free
long distance, so this weekend would be a great time to call and leave a
message, but still call on MONDAY, too!!! Kerry is leading the filibuster, but
there are several DEMS who need a kick in the hiney to SUPPORT THE FILIBUSTER!!
We need to call them, especially--They are:

Evan Bayh (IN)
Indianapolis
[phone]
Evansville
[phone]
Fort Wayne
[phone]
Hammond
[phone]
Jeffersonville
[phone]
South Bend
[phone]

Tim Johnson (SD)
Aberdeen
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Rapid City
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Sioux Falls
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Salisbury
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Greenbelt
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone] (fax)
Annapolis
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Hagerstown
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Baltimore
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Joseph Lieberman (CT)
Hartford
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Mary Landrieu (LA)
New Orleans
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Baton Rouge
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Shreveport
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Lake Charles
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Robert Byrd (WV) This is REALLY DISAPPOINTING!!
Charleston
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Ken Salazar (CO)
Denver
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Colorado Springs
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Fort Collins
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Fort Morgan
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Pueblo
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Durango
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Grand Junction
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Alamosa
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Ben Nelson (NE)
Omaha
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Lincoln
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Chadron
Phone [phone]
Scottsbluff
Phone [phone]

Daniel Akaka (HI)
Honolulu
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Hilo
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Joseph Biden (DE)
Wilmington
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Milford
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Byron Dorgan (ND)
Bismarck
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Grand Forks
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Fargo
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Minot
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Kent Conrad (ND)
Bismarck
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Fargo
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Grand Forks
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Minot
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Mark Pryor (AR)
Little Rock
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Maria Cantwell (WA)
Seattle
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Spokane
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Vancouver
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Richland
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Tacoma
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Everett
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

Barack Obama (IL)
Chicago
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Springfield
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Marion
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

In addition, there are two Pro-Choice Republicans who might possibly vote
against Alito, tho it is a longshot. STILL TRY!

Lincoln Chafee (RI) Talk about Alito's narrow view of a woman’s right to choose
and view of the Commerce Clause and his dissent ruling that Congress did not
have the authority to restrict the sale of machine guns.
Providence
Phone [phone]
Newport
Phone [phone]

Olympia Snowe (ME) Talk about preserving a woman's privacy and right to choose,
without 'permission' from her husband, whether or not to continue a pregnancy.
Auburn
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Augusta
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Bangor
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Biddeford
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Portland
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Presque Isle
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

And for good measure, Contact Arlen Specter (PA), Chair of the Judiciary,
Pro-Choice, and the Republican who immediately called for the congressional
hearing into the legality of the President's wiretapping without FISA warrant.
If Alito is confirmed, given his view of Unitary Executive Power, these hearings
will be moot, because Alito will back President Bush. Refer to this and to a
woman's right to choose to carry a pregnancy to term when you call or fax!!
Allentown
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Erie
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Harrisburg
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Philadelphia
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Pittsburgh
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Scranton
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Wilkes-Barre
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]

As always, thanks for all you do, and remember that if there was EVER a time to
filibuster, ALITO is it!! This man is a danger to our country, our constitution,
our rights and his placement on the SCOTUS will ensure that Bush will continue
to trample over our liberties!! Remind the Democrats that their BASE, the
grassroots Dems, demand that they listen to us!!!

Peace!
Pamela : )

Filibuster Supporters-No need to call for support, but maybe call and THANK them
for having a spine!

Barbara Boxer (D- CA) , 202-224-3553
Dianne Feinstein (D- CA) , 202-224-3841 (1,)
Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT), 202-224-2823 (1,)
Richard J. Durbin (D- IL) , 202-224-2152
John F. Kerry (D- MA) , 202-224-2742
Edward M. Kennedy (D- MA) , 202-224-4543
Paul S. Sarbanes (D- MD), 202-224-4524
Debbie A. Stabenow (D- MI) , 202-224-4822
Harry Reid (D- NV) , 202-224-3542
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D- NY) , 202-224-4451
Charles Schumer (D- NY) , 202-224-6542
Ron Wyden (D- OR) , 202-224-5244
Russell D. Feingold (D- WI) , 202-224-5323

Evil can only prevail when good people do nothing.

"Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the State becomes lawless and
corrupt." Mahatma Gandhi

Nvwato hiyadv idehesdi (Let us live together in Peace)! (Cherokee)

"That which you do unto the least of these, you do unto me." Jesus
(Matthew 25:40)

:dem:

[BigBearJohn]

20. Buzzflash: The Wimps Can Just Walk Away or We Will Replace Them

A quote from an email I got from BuzzFlash. Very Very Appropro...

"... the Net Grassroots Won't Wave a White Flag Until the Last Filibuster Vote is Counted. Keep Calling and Faxing.

It's Not the Size of the Dog in the Fight; It's the Amount of the Fight in the Dog.

We are the New Democratic Party.

The Wimps Can Just Walk Away or We Will Replace Them.

[never_get_over_it]

22. What the hell is up with Lautenberg

I can't imagine he is an issue - man how strange

[bklyncowgirl]

31. I don't get it either.

My guess is he knows Alito personally and is reluctant to commit.

[in_cog_ni_to]

24. So the wobblers are listening to the RW PRESS??? instead of their

constituents??? Does that many any sense whatsoever? WE are the people who put them where they are...NOT THE FREAKIN' PRESS!:grr:

[blm]

25. Most Dem lawmakers don't even REALIZE that most media is RW controlled.

.

[in_cog_ni_to]

26. Well, that's just pathetic. EVERYONE with a brain knows

corporations own the media.:(

[blm]

28. Their bubbles haven't been pierced yet. Gore, Kerry, Dean, Kennedy, Murtha

learned the hard way what the media has been up to all these years.

Many Dems haven't stuck their necks out so far that their heads get kicked in on a regular basis.

[buddysmellgood]

27. I a Senator believes that voting their conscience on this issue will cost

them their seat, and the don't vote their conscience, then the don't belong there anyway.

[Anita Garcia]

29. Thanks!

[Nite Owl]

30. What makes the dems think that being

called an obstructionist is a bad thing? Why do they walk away from it with their tails between their legs and heads lowered? They could just say 'Thank You'. You bet I'm an obstructionist and damned proud of it. You want to know what we obstructed? We obstructed the GOP from shredding the constitution, we obstructed them from taking your pensions. etc, etc. Throw it back at them, they just have to show that they need obstructing. Every dems needs to say it and say it everywhere. That's the problem they each run their own little campaigns and don't see the big picture.

[Armstead]

32. Harkin and Levin shouild be persuadable

They're both strong when they make their minds up.

[meganmonkey]

33. I know, I am surprised to see Levin on the undecided list

most of the time he does the right thing. I called his office Friday, the staffer was really nice and it sounded like they were getting lots of calls - he knew exactly what I was talking about, and he didn't take my info down like they normally do in his office (they usuaslly take my name/address and I get a letter a few weeks later).

I really hope he comes out for the filibuster.

[knitter4democracy]

34. I'm thinking of picketing his Lansing office.

I've been calling them every day for over a week on this, and I'm thinking of telling them that I'm coming up from Battle Creek to picket if I have to--with my son and a sign for him, too. I can't understand Levin's take, I guess.