A distress call…

…for upper lefties from Jane Hamsher (my emphasis)...

Just got off a conference call with Ted Kennedy and others, and we got a better idea where the Dems are on all of this.

Some notes:

Maria Cantwell is reportedly quite wobbly, and might be succeptible to pressure. If Cantwell falls, Murray will potentially fall too.

The right response at this point isn't handwringing about why Maria might wobble, or why Patty might follow her down the path. It's time to let them know that there's a community of people who will have their backs if they join the filibuster. It is, after all, not a position without political risks. The Republican noise machine and their media sycophants will attack, and Patty and Maria need to know that they won't have to bear the attacks alone.

Reproductive choice. Civil liberties. The very survival of Constitutional government as we have known it. Those are the stakes.

Click the names to contact Patty and Maria, or use whatever other resources you have or can find. Feel free to share those resources, and any replies you might receive, in comments.

Call, fax or email Senators Murray and Cantwell.

Do it. Do it now. Do it until they're aboard.


41 or fight like hell to get there.