Monday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

This is going to be a busy week. And, it gets off with a bang tonight in Portland, Maine. That's where Lady Gaga and SLDN will be holding a rally,“For the 14,000”: A Rally for the 14,000+ Discharged," which targets Maine's Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. Both of them are key to ending the filibuster of the Defense bill tomorrow. And, both purport to be supporters of LGBT equality. I think this rally is a really smart idea -- taking the fight right to those Senators and elevating the issue in a huge way. This event is already causing a huge buzz in Portland. And, it's not doing business the same old failed way in DC.

As of today, our side does not have the votes to end the filibuster. All of the Republicans are voting as a bloc -- again. Senators Susan Collins and Scott Brown already voted for the exact bill in the Senate Armed Services Committee. Now, they're just playing partisan procedural games. But, SLDN and Lady Gaga are shining a light on the Senate, especially Senators Collins and Snowe.

Obama, who hasn't been lobbying to end the filibuster of the Defense bill, will participate a live townhall on CNBC today. It's on the economy and jobs. Then, he's flying to Philadelphia to do events for Senate candidate Joe Sestak.

Going to be interesting...