Cory Doctrow of Boing Boing has an update on the EFF's action alert in support of Dodd's efforts to block retroactive immunity.
Digby has a vision that would warm the hearts of anyone who cares about defending the rule of law:
Dodd is way out on a limb on this. He's been abandoned by his party leadership and he's being forced to leave his Iowa campaign in the middle of the battle to come back to DC and do an old fashioned filibuster of this bill.
Senators Clinton, Biden and Obama said they would support a filibuster. Edwards said he supported one too. If they would agree to come back to the Senate and help Dodd talk all night, it would bring much need attention to the issue and show the Democratic base that these candidates value them. Imagine if they all (including Edwards) agreed to suspend their campaigns and come back to Washington to stand with Dodd. It would be electrifying --- and it would show the country that the Democrats are prepared to fight. (It would also give them a bunch of free TV time.)
Will any of them (all of them?) do the right thing or will they blow it off?
Only time will tell.
This fight will begin Monday and go for a good chunk of next week - though we're not sure yet exactly how long. We'll keep information flowing out through our blog, as well as making sure the Dodd Blog's readers get to see what bloggers all over the net are writing about Chris Dodd's leadership in the fight for good FISA reform legislation.
The Agonist and Crooks & Liars have more posts on the FISA fight and Dodd's call for others to join him in blocking retroactive immunity.
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