There’s a diary by Russ Feingold over at dKos: Ratcheting up the Pressure. It’ pretty much a pep talk. He writes:
I happened to watch Senator Reid’s Nevada press conference on CSPAN and I encourage all of you to watch it too. It is worth spending a few minutes to see how deeply felt Senator Reid’s opposition to the Iraq war really is.
Well, we’ll see.
Meanwhile, Hillary is betraying the American people yet again, as we learn from a report from Bob Geiger.
There’s still no formal word from the office of Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), but what little I have read may be the most discouraging thing of all.
When asked for her position the day after Feingold and Reid announced their bill, Clinton is quoted in the New York Times as saying “I’ll look into that” before gathering with reporters to get more information about the legislation and then declaring “I need to read it.”
“Russ has introduced a series of bills,” she said. “Before I respond to it, I need to see what it is that they are talking about this time.”
Given that there’s no way Senator Clinton could have not known about this simple bill — the Senate Majority Leader doesn’t publicly announce such a thing without giving advance notice to his caucus and their senior staff — I can only assume that Clinton was unwilling to take a stand and gave that disingenuous response to stall.
I’m afraid it’s that, or she needs to fire some of her staff for having her so woefully unprepared to respond to a high-profile, up-front piece of legislation that had been announced by the leader of her caucus the previous day.
Either way, it ain’t good.
In fairness, I will also note that I have received no response from Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) or Joe Biden (D-DE), who are also running for President. Democratic presidential contender Chris Dodd (D-CT) signed on with Feingold-Reid immediately.
Obama sucks, just like Hillary.
