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fivethirtyeight.com - 1/26/2009

Feingold Introduces 28th Amendment

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I hope you'll excuse the hubristic headline. Constitutional amendments are introduced all the time in the Congress. Most of them are used to make a political point of one kind or another and stand little chance of becoming law. On account of the trouble that certain Democratic governors had with ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 2/2/2009

Generals Seek To Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision

— huffingtonpost.com — WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (IPS) - CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried... to convince President Barack Obama that he had to back down from his campaign pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq ... (more) Generals Seek To Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision

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swamppolitics.com - 1/26/2009

Prosecuting torture: 'Hard to believe'

— swamppolitics.com — by Mark Silva Eric Holder, President Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general, made plenty of people uncomfortable... when he asserted, flatly, in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, that water-boarding is torture. ... (more) Prosecuting torture: 'Hard to believe'

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powerlineblog.com - 2/3/2009

Obama, Petraeus on Collision Course?

— powerlineblog.com — That's what Gareth Porter if the Inter Press Service says: CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by... Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Obama that he had to back down from his campaign pledge to ... (more) Obama, Petraeus on Collision Course?

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Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake — ... No one could've predicted. More good news. Not crazy about this. Bad faith economics. Russ Feingold introduces the 28th Amendment. Due process = objectively pro-terrorist. Wait, I thought al Qaeda liked Obama. Krugman vs. Donaldson: who do you think wins? Bye, Bill.

Morning Skim: First Dogs, First Attacks
Opinionator — ... this country and many others, and we need to support all shrewd, effective measures to deter them. But does it occur to no one in the government that we do terrorists’ work for them by making our own population cower all the time, rather than to be brave in the face of danger? Taking his lead from President Reagan, President Obama can say: “Transportation Security Administration, Tear Down This Sign!” FiveThirtyEight : Responding to news that Senator Russell Feingold will call for a new Constitutional amendment mandating special elections to fill Senate vacancies, Nate ...

The Next Amendment to the US Constitution?
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — ... in New York may actually provide the fuel needed to propel this idea into becoming the 28th Amendment. Such a move would certainly give the US Congress the chance to “do something” in regards to the Blagojevich nonsense. If anything, nepotistic nonsense like the 2002 appointment of Lisa Murkowski to the Senate by her father, Frank, who vacated the seat in question to become Governor of Alaska, should have been enough to justify a change in the process. h/t: Nate Silver, who also looks at the different methods of replacement of Senators in the 50 ...

A Feingold Amendment That Makes Sense [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom — A Feingold Amendment That Makes Sense [Dan Collins] In which Congressional vacancies must be filled by special election, rather than gubernatorial assignment. Posted by Dan Collins @ ...

The 28th Amendment
Daily Kos — ... Nate took a look at the partisan implications of this amendment, since it needs a 2/3rds majority in both the Senate and House to get to the states (where 3/4th are needed to ratify): ...

You Heard It Here First
Balloon Juice — ... will take the Cabinet job if offered it by Obama. “I think it would be a loss to the Senate of a great mind and somebody who I think we need a lot as we chart our way through economic challenge,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told Politico on Friday. Why is the Governor obligated to make any such deal? From what I can see, they have no bargaining position whatsoever. And can we change this system, please?

Rob Richie: Feingold-McCain redux - Let's elect ALL U.S. Senators
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Sen. Feingold's statement upon introducing SJ Res 7 masterfully lays out the argument. As with so many successful amendments, SJ Res 7 would expand democracy. Keep track of it -- as fivethirtyeight.com blogger Nate Silver points out, we just win our first constitutional amendment in more than three decades. ...

To Amend or not Amend, that is the question
Preemptive Karma — ... in the Appleton Wisconsin Post-Crescent says or whether Feingold wants to do it via a new 28th Amendment as almost every other source, including Sen. Feingold's own website, indicate. Coming on the heels of the very public, very sordid fiasco in Illinois in attempting to fill Obama's vacant seat the time seems to be ripe for proponents of completing the break with the past. If you want to keep things the way they are then I suppose calling your Senators and Representatives to let them know how you feel is in order. If you agree with Feingold... He's got a handy dandy sign ...