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Ron Paul For the Win

March 14th, 2008

I don’t know if you all have been following the FISA debate on the Hill, but today the House voted for a surveillance bill that, for the most part, doesn’t grant immunity to the telecom companies. It’s a pretty remarkable turnaround from what was a very unlikely outcome just weeks ago. Many progressives see this as a sign of great things to come. I’m skeptical, but if Congress is going to start standing up to the President, we could be in for a fun few months.

Pelosi and the House Leadership did a great job of “shepherding” freshman Democrats, as mcjoan puts it, and keeping them from getting scared by Republican robocalls in their districts and Department of Defense ads saying they are supporting the terrorists.

This victory didn’t come without the support of a crucial Republican; one Ronald Paul. He was the only member of his party to back the bill. To be fair to Paul, though, he thought they were voting to bring back the gold standard.

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