Too busy to even check the headlines…
Late Night Open Thread
Happy Spring Equinox (as of 1:32pm EDT). Some light entertainment, complete with puppets for the DFHs…
Get some sleep, people. It’s gonna be a long weekend.
Open Thread
MSNBC embedding works fine for me. Weird.
More of This
I tell you what, if more progressives were like Anthony Weiner than Howard Dean (who still can not get it through his over-sized ego head that you couldn’t get most of the positive things in this bill by just “ramming it through reconciliation), there wouldn’t be any hippy-punching on this blog at all.
Although Weiner missed a point- while Nooners was droning on about fixing the economy, Weiner could have taken a moment to point out the Democrats would love to do more about jobs and the economy… if her party would quit fucking filibustering.
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And it appears DougJ and I were both reading Wonkette at the same time.
Open Thread
I can’t keep up with the rest of the front pagers, so I’ll just throw up this open thread.
Just edited the Darth Vader entrance theme down to a ringtone for my dad. Having too much fun with this new phone.
Update on John Barrow
Not so long ago I got off the phone with a member of John Barrow’s campaign team. He told me that John would be voting NO. The reasons given were quite a few, but they all boiled down to fear.
John Barrow is afraid that the Republicans will use a YES vote to beat him in November. He has made the calculation that he can vote NO in a District that Barack Obama won by 54.09% because he thinks the Democrats in the 12th will have no options other than giving him their support in November–no matter how much he betrays them.
Almost one out of every four people in his District do not have any health insurance, but John seems to feel that it is OK to tell them to fuck off because he is afraid that Glenn Beck might say something mean about him.
He is a spineless coward, but that means he could change his vote between now and Sunday if he is given reasons to fear the backlash of his NO vote more than he already fears Fox News and Republican talking points.
So call him. His numbers are below the fold. And if you have connections to an organization (Unions, the NAACP, AARP, etc.) that could send the weasel a message–encourage them to give Barrow a call as well.
It might also be a good time to send Regina Thomas–his Primary opponent–some money.
It Helps To Phone A Lot
A reader just wrote me that Stephen Lynch’s “no” was basically absolute yesterday, but today Lynch’s staffer hedged a lot more about his problems with “the Senate bill”. When pressed about how how he would vote on the bill as it will probably come up on Sunday she wouldn’t say. Movement? Call and find out tomorrow.
Speaking of tomorrow, many Congressional Dems will have their offices open Saturday to give more people a chance to comment. Tell family and friends that they have one more chance to make this happen!
Also. Too. Another reader tells me that the free fax site faxzero is a handy way to get your message through when phone lines are tied up.