On Monday, the Senate will debate giving immunity to giant telecom corporations who illegally spied on American citizens at the behest of the Bush administration. At least one Democratic presidential candidate is outraged:
Now the campaign of Senator Chris Dodd, who has promised to put a hold on and filibuster the bill, has just sent out an email to supporters containing a challenge for the other Dem Senators running for President: Will you stick by your promise to publicly support my filibuster of the bill?
Back when Dodd first announced his planned filibuster of the measure in October, the Dem Senators running for President came under heavy pressure to say they’d publicly support it. Senators Clinton, Obama and Biden all said they would.
No word from the campaigns as of Saturday morning.
Dodd certainly will, at least until his Depends fill up. Kucinich would, if he was allowed. The rest? I wouldn’t count on them doing anything that would conflict with their campaigning time. Priorities, you know?