Yesterday, I received two letters from Congressman McNerney thanking me for two separate contributions. But those will probably be my last. Pombo isn't running and McNerney just voted to stay in Iraq. When you vote worse than Ellen Tauscher on the most important issue of the day, I really don't see how I can have respect for anything else you do. I think Ezra explained this concept well:
But not all issues are created equal. In the opinion of the netroots, if you opposed eliminating dividend taxation and drilling in ANWR but enthusiastically supported the war in Iraq--and appear incapable of really repenting or learning from that error--you are not 66 percent liberal and thus an ally; you were and are wrong on the preeminent issue of our time.
This should have been an easy yea vote, for the life of me I can't understand why McNerney screwed up.
UPDATE: Stoller says, "That's a pretty good number of progressives, and a good showing. And now we have people on the record for or against the war." Indeed.
Atrios has a list of freshmen Dems who voted against this. [...] Most of the new Dems backed the amendment, including every winner on the netroots page except McNerney (who is losing his base).
Stoller might be right about McNerney losing his base.
Now we know that there are 59 Dems that don't want to end the occupation of Iraq!
I guess 2008 will be coming rolling and I'll be keeping this vote in mind. I am particularly disappointed in Mcnerney and Roriguez who I provided campaign dollars.
