When Feingold attempted censure of * in the Senate

[DeeDeeNY]

It got zero support from Democrats, who were in the minority at the time and afraid to support it.

The Feingold Resolution and the Sound of Silence

By Dana Milbank
Wednesday, March 15, 2006; A02

Democratic senators, filing in for their weekly caucus lunch yesterday, looked as if they'd seen a ghost.

...

Republicans were grateful for the gift. The office of Sen. John Cornyn (Tex.) put a new "daily feature" on its Web site monitoring the censure resolution: "Democrat co-sponsors of Feingold Resolution: 0."

Many of Feingold's Democratic colleagues agree that Bush abused his authority with the NSA spying program. And they know liberal Democratic activists are eager to see Bush censured, or worse. But they also know Feingold's maneuver could cost them seats in GOP states.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/14/AR2006031401519_pf.html

[AndyA]

1. I'm so sick of members of Congress doing something or not doing something because of politics.

Whatever happened to doing something just because it's the right thing to do?

It may not be popular, it may not be easy, but it's the right thing to do based on their oath of office, and per the Constitution. I think most Americans know whether a person in Congress is doing his/her job for political reasons, or because it's something they must do per the Constitution, even though it isn't necessarily popular.

And in the long run, I suspect most Americans would support the person for doing the right thing. They are doing our thinking for us.

[bigscott]

2. more worried about their sorry asses

than about the Constitution. I wonder why they keep forgetting what they have sworn to uphold.

fuck them all ('cept Russ)

[annabanana]

3. "cost them seats in GOP states"

I have to laugh at this.. That would be, what?

Utah? yeah.
Alabama & Mississippi? probably
Oklahoma & Nebraska? maybe or maybe not. . .

[MannyGoldstein]

4. Am Amusing/Disgusting Blast From The Past

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/14/AR2006031401519.html , also by Milbank:

Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) brushed past the press pack, shaking her head and waving her hand over her shoulder. When an errant food cart blocked her entrance to the meeting room, she tried to hide from reporters behind the 4-foot-11 Barbara Mikulski (Md.).

"Ask her after lunch," offered Clinton's spokesman, Philippe Reines. But Clinton, with most of her colleagues, fled the lunch out a back door as if escaping a fire.

In a sense, they were. The cause of so much evasion was S. Res. 398, the resolution proposed Monday by Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) calling for the censure of President Bush for his warrantless wiretapping program. At a time when Democrats had Bush on the ropes over Iraq, the budget and port security, Feingold single-handedly turned the debate back to an issue where Bush has the advantage -- and drove another wedge through his party.

[BridgeTheGap]

5. Congress is a political country club for the Rich with a few exceptions

They are not into upsetting the apple cart and pissing off their rich friends.