With Senate Democrats vowing to force Republicans into a literal filibuster over the Iraq war rather than a procedural one, House Democrats apparently don’t want to miss out on all of the fun. The leadership in the lower chamber coordinated a series of “one-minute speeches” at the beginning of today’s floor debate.
The Gavel, the blog maintained by the staff of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., published video and pullout quotes of some of the speeches, and Pelosi’s office posted more of them to YouTube. Here are links:
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The latest campaign ad from Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson touts his efforts as governor of New Mexico to make the state “cleaner” in its energy usage by imposing tough standards on greenhouse gases and offering tax credits for alternative fuels, among other things.
“[W]e made New Mexico the clean-energy state,” Richardson said, “and as president, I’ll make us a clean-energy nation.”
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… and faces a skeptical reception. The humorous snapshots of the New Mexico governor’s “job interview” are the first two advertisements for his underdog presidential campaign.
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CBS News anchor Katie Couric lectured the presidential campaigns of Democratic Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois for their open spat this week, which was triggered by comments from a former Clinton supporter who now favors Obama.
“It’s 21 months until Election Day,” Couric said. “Can’t we elevate the discussion and make it about issues and not insults? Every election cycle begins with this fervent dream. Will candidates ever realize that mud-slinging just gets everyone dirty.”
A third candidate in the race, Bill Richardson of New Mexico, chastised David Geffen, the former Clinton supporter, and said Obama should condemn Geffen’s comments. “If we’re going to win,” Richardson said of Democrats as they seek to recapture the White House in 2008, “we’re going to have to be positive.” Richardson served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under former President Bill Clinton, the senator’s husband.
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