Friday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Game on. The Senate will vote to move forward on both DADT and the DREAM Act tomorrow. Let's see if Senators can finally treat people with decency and respect. I know that's unlikely for most of the GOPers.

On DADT, watch today to see if any of the repeal supporters, (Snowe, Murkowski or Brown) start bitching about process or time for debate. That will be a signal that their leader, Mitch McConnell has told them to obstruct the vote. It happens all the time in the Senate. We have over 60 supporters. The big question is whether we have 60 votes. There's a difference.

SLDN will have service members sitting in the Senate gallery until the repeal is passed. Servicemembers United is in Day 3 of "Operation Renewed Engagement."

On DREAM, Republicans are going letting the nativists set the agenda. Fine. If the GOPers want to end all hope of ever winning over Latinos, the fastest growing voting demographic, that's their decision. Because that's what they'll be doing if they block DREAM.

We got about an inch of snow yesterday, so the sidewalks in my neighborhood are covered with two inches of rock salt. That's bad for the paws of all the dogs around here. Many in DC think it's some kind of magic elixir that will rid the city of snow. A little shoveling or sweeping would do a better job of clearing the snow -- and do less harm to the environment.