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Matthew Yglesias: Landrieu Out as Palm Beach County Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner
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RT @beckychr007 Democratic Party wants nothing to do with Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)--she is too moderate http://bit.ly/3xEwD4 #tcot 20 days ago |
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Democrats seem intent on elbowing out their own moderates (thx @reason): http://bit.ly/3xEwD4 23 days ago |
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@JHobbes ... RT @senatus Landrieu un-invited from Dem conference in FL because of stance on health care: http://bit.ly/3xEwD4 (via @Taniel) 24 days ago |
Landrieu Out as Palm Beach County Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner
Matthew Yglesias —
... Palm Beach County in Florida takes baby steps toward party discipline:
Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is out as keynote speaker for the Palm Beach County Democratic Party’s annual fund-raising dinner next week because party leaders dislike her stance on health care reform, county Democratic Chairman Mark Alan Siegel said today.
Siegel says “We just didn’t want to have a keynote speaker who’s not committed to cloture. It would have just been wrong.” Probably not the most devastating blow to a ...
Landrieu, disinvited
Ben Smith's Blog —
A hint from the Palm Beach Post at the grassroots Democratic anger at the Blue Dogs:
Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is out as keynote speaker for the Palm Beach County Democratic Party’s annual fund-raising dinner next week because party leaders dislike her stance on health care reform, county Democratic Chairman Mark Alan Siegel said today....
“We just didn’t want to have a keynote speaker who’s not committed to cloture. It would have just been wrong,” said Siegel, who said party higher-ups and rank-and-file members had ...
The Party of Discipline
Hit & Run —
... not committed to voting to cut off a
likely Republican filibuster and forcing a vote on the
legislation.
Democrats need 60 votes to invoke “cloture” and force a vote.
“We just didn’t want to have a keynote speaker who’s not
committed to cloture. It would have just been wrong,” said
Siegel, who said party higher-ups and rank-and-file members had
voiced displeasure with the choice of Landrieu as a keynoter.
Full story. This, incidentally, is referred to by its
practitioners as
enforcing ...
FDL Action Health Care Update: Thursday (11/5/09)
Blue Commonwealth - Front Page —
... that Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) has been disinvited as keynote speaker for the Palm Beach County, Florida Democratic Party's annual fundraiser "because she has not yet decide to support cloture on health care reform." Sorta like your mother saying, "you won't get any dinner if you don't stop hitting your brother?" :)
Landrieu’s Ambivalence on Health Reform Costs Her Keynote at Florida Fundraiser
Firedoglake —
... Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) was orginally scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Palm Beach County Democratic Party’s annual fundraiser. (The fundraiser had previously been known as the Jefferson-Jackson dinner, but this year was renamed the Truman-Kennedy-Johnson dinner.) Landrieu was disinvited by the local party committee because she has not yet decide to support cloture on health care reform. ...
FDL Action Health Care Update: Thursday (11/5/09)
Blue Virginia —
... that Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) has been disinvited as keynote speaker for the Palm Beach County, Florida Democratic Party’s annual fundraiser "because she has not yet decide to support cloture on health care reform." Sorta like your mother saying, "you won't get any dinner if you don't stop hitting your brother?" :) ...
A Democrat Civil War?
Blogs For Victory —
Hmmm…
Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is out as keynote speaker for the Palm Beach County Democratic Party’s annual fund-raising dinner next week because party leaders dislike her stance on health care reform, county Democratic Chairman Mark Alan Siegel said today.
Landrieu, a moderate who recently described herself as “extremely concerned about a government-run, taxpayer-funded, national public plan,” has not committed to voting to cut off a likely Republican filibuster and forcing a vote on the legislation.
Democrats need 60 ...
