"I will not yield!"

"Not only will I not yield the floor, but we will not yield on this point," declared Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu during the Republican slumber party on the Senate floor. And she didn't.

Whatever you think of the Republican's 'reverse filibuster' tactic this week, I for one am grateful to them for giving me the chance to see Senator Landrieu in action. Facing off with Orrin Hatch, she gave him a full dose of hard core, old school, decorum be damned Democratic moral outrage. It was a wonder to behold.

I haven't been able to track down a transcript, but the Senator's press office graciously provided an mp3 file of her remarks, which I happily make available for download here. It's 7 megs, but worth the wait even for a dial up download.