Sound Politics: Here and There

May 17, 2006

Here and There

I'm busy for the next several days with other commitments, so my own blogging will be lighter than it has been lately. Not that you'd necessarily notice, with all the excellent posts from my fellow contributors. And to help build the momentum to oppose Deanron's mail-only voting scheme, I've invited a couple of guest bloggers to discuss this important topic -- from the right, Jonathan Bechtle of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation and from the left, Jason Osgood of Washington Citizens for Fair Elections. Jason and Jonathan helped organize this afternoon's event.

In other news, Congress.org has named Sen. Maria Cantwell the nation's 93rd most powerful Senator!

And in really other news, the latest Seattle Weekly reports on "Cops: In Love"

Although 'the gun belts can never come off,' two state troopers had a rendezvous in a governor's mansion guardhouse.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at May 17, 2006 03:02 PM | Email This

Comments

1. No wonder Stevens is so upset, to be shut down by the 93rd most powerful senator. So sad.

Posted by: wayne on May 17, 2006 03:51 PM

2. Poor guards. They probably got bored to death protecting the empty governor's mansion well Gregoire took all of those trips on the taxpayer dime.

It's either that, or they grew up with role models like Bill Clinton who taught them that it's cool to have sex while on duty.

Posted by: Jeff B. on May 17, 2006 04:35 PM

3. Nothing particular that I can add to this other than welcoming Jonathan and Jason to the mix.
Although, I do feel kind of like a cheating husband coming home to faithful Sound Politics with the cheap perfume of another blog still clinging to me.
But that's another story.

Posted by: Reporterward on May 17, 2006 04:49 PM

4. Noteworthy that our 93d-most-powerful Senator Cantwell joined our other Senator Murray in the extremist Democratic 16 votes against the Sessions Amendment. It passed as it should have, 83 votes in favor, and we can see how little our current Senatorial representatives regard the need for border security or enforcement of immigration laws in general.

Mr. McGavick's ideas are more in line with the general public, and the majority of the Senate.

Posted by: Hank Bradley on May 17, 2006 04:51 PM

5. Wow, Maria--93rd!

Slade Gorton was probably in the top 25 when he was holding down that seat. Love him or hate him, he has a rational problem-solver's mind and we were served well by him.

Posted by: Michele on May 17, 2006 09:07 PM

6. I would be a little cautious quoting this power ranking tally as gospel.

Anyone out there really believe there are 40 other Senators more powerful than Hillary?

Although I would have thought Cantwell would be in the 95-98 range, maybe above the doorstops from Hawaii and Kentucky but not higher.

Posted by: bob on May 18, 2006 05:37 AM

7. How about some coverage on the Senate's performance on illegal immigration legislation ? This is an issue that will impact our nation for many years to come and for future generations.

For an update on this, use the following link:
http://www.numbersusa.com

NumbersUSA allows you the opportunity to fax US Senators and Representatives regarding illegal immigration bills pending...
Cantwell can be influenced, as she is up for election in November.

Just because WA is not that close to the Mexican Border doesn't mean it won't be affected. Wake up and look around and see how many more Hispanics there are around - but of course - the authorities are not allowed to ask their citizenship status - what a friggin joke. The silent invasion will continue, unless the politicians understand that the people are pi**ed off about it.

Posted by: KS on May 18, 2006 07:06 PM

8. NumbersUSA will allow you to send FREE faxes to Senators and Representatives !

Posted by: KS on May 18, 2006 07:07 PM