Republican Leaders are Out of Control
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Republican
leaders in Washington are absolutely out of control.
Instead of governing and doing the people's business, George Bush, Bill
Frist and Tom Delay are on a quest for absolute power. Drunk with power, rewriting the rules is what the Republican Party has done best in recent years.
Tom
Delay has done it in the House by changing ethics rules, and now
Republicans are trying to do it in the Senate by dismantling vital
checks against abuse of power. That's not how America works. In
our democracy, no single person and no single political party may
impose extreme views on the nation.
It's time to fight back.
Click here to watch the DSCC's hard-hitting new ad.
It
starts with fighting George Bush and Bill Frist's partisan power grab
to destroy the last check and balance in Washington against a total
abuse of power. They are breaking 217 years of Senate rules in
order to pack the courts with radical judges, and pave the way for
another Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court.
Senate
Republicans could force a vote on the so-called “nuclear option” as
soon as next week, but we're not going to wait that long. I have
asked the DSCC to immediately release this brand new ad – “Out of
Control” – to put America on notice that Bill Frist and Tom DeLay are
abusing their power. When they don't like the rules, they change
them or, in this case, break them.
This ad
directly confronts Bill Frist and Tom DeLay about their blatant abuse
of power to change long standing rules that govern the way we do
business in Washington. I am furious over their partisan power
grab and have asked the DSCC to start a new Media Response Project.
This ad is just the first step in a long-term plan to hit them hard
every time the Senate Republicans abuse their power to satisfy their
radical right-wing base and ignore the real needs of all Americans.
It's a
long way to November 2006. But we're already hard at work telling
voters about the way Bill Frist and Tom DeLay abuse their power and let
the radical right wing run Congress. We must be prepared to hit
hard and hit first every single time. That's the goal of our new
Media Response Project.
In the
coming weeks, the fights will be bitter and tough. The stakes
couldn't be higher. I know you're counting on Senate Democrats to
do our part, and we won't let you down. But today, we need your
help to show the American people that Bill Frist and Tom DeLay are
truly out of control.
Sincerely,
Harry Reid
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