I have one other observation from the rally, which I wanted to put in a separate thread. I spoke with Hillary and Bill, both for oddly long amounts of time considering the crowd, and they are obviously well-aware of the FISA fight. I talked to Bill first, and asked him for help on the FISA fight. He very lawyerly asked me if they need 60 votes for cloture, and I said 'yes'. He knows that this means Clinton's vote isn't necessary, since it doesn't matter if the vote total is 59-41 or 59-0.
Then I spoke with Hillary, and she said she has assured her colleagues she will go back to the Senate if they need her vote. She though that we have already lost, alluding to the Judiciary version of the bill which was voted down on Friday. I urged her to speak out publicly and she said she intends to say something on Sunday.
Not sure what the implications are of this since I haven't been following the FISA fight as closely as some others, but I figured it's worth passing along.
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