Iowa Independent:: Dodd Leaves Iowa to Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk

Iowa Independent by Lynda Waddington | Dec. 17, 2007 (News Report)

... Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have said they will support Dodd's filibuster; however, ...their Iowa press offices yielded conflicting answers.... Dodd has postponed all planned campaign events...for Monday and Tuesday and... [will] offer an amendment that strips the retroactive immunity provision.... If that and other routes fail, Dodd will begin the filibuster.,,, Tom Harkin...remains undecided.... Chuck Grassley's office has not ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Civil Liberties, Domestic Spying, U.S. Senate, Democrats, Democratic Nomination
Member Tags: Dodd, filibuster
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Posted by: Posted by Beth Wellington - Dec 17, 2007 - 1:39 PM PST
Reviewed by: Beth Wellington (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Beth Wellington
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 by Beth Wellington - Oct. 1, 2008

The strength of this story is that Waddington contacted and reported all of the campaigns and the offices of other Senators who said they would be supporting a filibuster, if necessary, to strip the FISA bill of telecommunications immunity. She also explains how the filibuster would proceed and reports on blog and campaign support to transmit comments to the Senator for inclusion if he has to take the floor. The weakness is that in quoting so extensively from Mr. Dodd's campaign, it strays from news to adulation. This would not have been the case if she had quoted someone else who is criticizing his efforts. The source itself is an interesting one: is a project of the New Journalist fellows program of the Center for Indpendent ... More »

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