Call Harkin and Urge Him to Support a Filibuster

Mike Ganzeveld from the Green Tea Blog posted this in the Blog for Iowa comments yesterday:

Tom Harkin is on the fence right now trying to decided whether or not he should vote for a potential filibuster of judicial nominee and reactionary statist Samuel Alito. At this moment Tom Harkin thinks that a filibuster would be a "waste of time." Ted Kennedy informed bloggers and activists [yesterday] morning in a coference call that supporting a filibuster would cost political capital because of fear of the "obstructionist" label.

We need to call Tom Harkin this weekend and let him know that slinking off in defeat is a helluva lot worse than being labeled an obstructionist by the usual suspects on the Sunday morning cable news yap-fests. We need to let him know that it's important to future Americans that a man like Samuel Alito *is* obstructed from taking a LIFETIME position on the Supreme Court. If you have already called, faxed, thanks! If you haven't, then I implore you to go ahead and take a minute to do so. Best wishes!

Senator Tom Harkin
Phone: 202-224-3254