Debbie Stabenow now speaking

[Occulus]

before the Senate, using nice, big visual aids and explaining things very nicely and passionately. Oh, I like her.

CSPAN-2 now.

2:44: she's now attacking the pharm lobbyists. "High-fiving it all the way to the bank" is how she put it.

inability to go to Canada- 5 minutes across the tunnel can drop your prices by 50, 60, 70%

not going to see a strong bill to close patent loopholes... till we actually have a prohibition in here to keep Medicare from using their tongues to get lower prices"

well now. She's quietly, passionately furious.

"...to keep the prices high. That's not our job. That's not our job.... the taxpayer expect us to be fighting for them.... when I look at this is, it is shocking, the extent to which this is not the case"

whoo.... go Debbie.

[bain_sidhe]

1. That's my senator!

And, yes, LOVE her!

[Occulus]

2. she's been speaking for over 15 minutes

very, very detailed; I have her on in the background.

Wow. Simply- wow.

She deserves her seat.

[SharonAnn]

3. Much better than Spencer Abrams (sp?)

She's one of the senators that I supported through Emily's List.

They do great work in identifying progressive women Democrats and I've been proud to support many of them. Doesn't matter what state they're in, any progressive Democrat in office somewhere in the United States is good for us and good for me.

[Upfront]

4. We Love Debbie

in Michigan.

[BayCityProgressive]

5. Debbie is my Senator

and a great liberal! We also have Levin, Granholm, and Conyers.