As David Sirota reports, Salazar is acting in an undemocratic way.
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In an explosive story, the Rocky Mountain News reports that freshman Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) has become the first Democrat to publicly say he will ignore the will of Connecticut Democratic primary voters and support Sen. Joe Lieberman even if Lieberman loses the primary, leaves the Democratic Party and runs as an independent. Before this, only Sens. Chuck Schumer and Chris Dodd indicated they might do this - now we have a Democratic U.S. Senator officially on record saying he will use his power to thwart both the Democratic Party and the small "d" democratic process, undermining his party and giving a big middle finger to voters.
Thom suggested on his local and national shows that people either call Salazar's office direct on (202) 224-5852 or via the toll free Capitol number for all senators, 888-355-3588.
Sue N.
Posts: 4624 | Location: UK | Registered: 16 November 2004
Thanks, Sue. This is bad news, Salazar has been a good senator and a true representative of his constituency. Hopefully he will be persuaded by phone callers, I'll urge all my Denver friends to be active.
-- The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side. R.O.Clark
Posts: 3959 | Location: Santa Fe | Registered: 11 June 2003
Sounds to me like he has fallen into the trap of thinking of it as a club, and given his loyalty to it. He really needs to be reminded that he lives in a democracy.
Sue N.
Posts: 4624 | Location: UK | Registered: 16 November 2004
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