Louisiana Sen. Landrieu out as Democratic keynoter; locals disliked her stance on health care cloture
by George Bennett | November 3rd, 2009
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Landrieu, a moderate who recently described herself as “extremely concerned about a government-run, taxpayer-funded, national public plan,” has not committed to voting to cut off a likely Republican filibuster and forcing a vote on the legislation.
Democrats need 60 votes to invoke “cloture” and force a vote.
“We just didn’t want to have a keynote speaker who’s not committed to cloture. It would have just been wrong,” said Siegel, who said party higher-ups and rank-and-file members had voiced displeasure with the choice of Landrieu as a keynoter.
Landrieu’s office couldn’t be reached this morning.
The Democrats’ annual dinner — formerly known as the Jefferson-Jackson dinner but this year rebranded as the Truman-Kennedy-Johnson dinner — is Nov. 14 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
Asked who will be the keynoter now, Siegel said, “We’re working on that.”
Tags: cloture, Mark Alan Siegel, Mary Landrieu
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:30 am
It figures they would remove her, anyone with common sense should never be allowed to represent the democratic party. When will they understand that the vast majority of citizens don’t want to live in a nanny state, including “free” healthcare. The next election cycle might convince them.
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:51 am
It seems all Ive heard on the media this week is that the Republicans are trying to “purge” moderates out of their party, lools like the Dems too have their purge issues. This one seems to have gone un-noticed nationally.
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
[...] noted this morning, Palm Beach County’s Democratic Party has dumped moderate Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu as its k… for next week’s annual fund-raising dinner because party activists are displeased with [...]
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Glad to hear it. It’s not just the party leaders who dislike her stance. It’s nice to know that the local party is hearing the people and sending Senator Landrieu this message. Maybe word got around that some progressive groups were considering a protest?
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:33 pm
I’m so proud my local democratic party has such a big tent and is so inclusionary.
Can’t stand the Republican party so maybe I’ll go Libertarian.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
[...] news! Rank-and-file Democrats do not like when elected officials like Sen. Mary Landrieu refuse to act like Democrats. (Palm Beach [...]
November 5th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
[...] Full story. This, incidentally, is referred to by its practitioners as enforcing “party discipline,” which is rather different than a “plan to purge moderates.” [...]
November 6th, 2009 at 11:13 am
[...] Hmmm… Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is out as keynote speaker for the Palm Beach County Democratic Party’s annual fund-raising dinner next week because party leaders dislike her stance on health care reform, county Democratic Chairman Mark Alan Siegel said today. [...]
November 20th, 2009 at 8:08 am
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