Apparently, Mark Udall missed the vote by one minute as he traveled from the airport, and the House leadership would not delay it any longer for Udall to arrive at the Capitol. Congressman Udall would have voted yes on the issue and plans to issue a statement for the Congressional Record noting this....My commentary that Civil Sense is referencing can be found here.
We at this blog are tough on Democrats, but we also try to be fair. As the Denver Post story confirms the Udall staffer's telephone call to a friend, Mark Udall deserves the benefit of the doubt in this situation. Nancy Pelosi likely did throw Udall under the proverbial bus. It is unlikely that lefty bloggers would cut a Republican candidate similar slack for inadvertently breaking a promise.
However, I agree with Ben DeGrow that even though it was not Mark Udall's fault that he missed the vote, his alliance with the Delay, Don't Drill, Do-Nothing Democrat energy agenda will continue to harm the people of Colorado.
Meanwhile, the Bob Schaffer campaign has issued a challenge to Mark Udall:
The Bob Schaffer for Senate campaign today called on Boulder Congressman Mark Udall to reveal details of fundraising events in Colorado this past Tuesday that resulted in Udall missing two days of votes in the U.S. House of Representatives.It's a good question: From whom was Mark Udall raising funds that cost him apparently one crucial minute to follow through on an important promise to represent Colorado's domestic energy needs? We'll be waiting with bated breath for a response.
“By his campaign’s own admission, Boulder Liberal Udall chose to attend campaign fundraising events in Colorado rather than to show up for the work in Washington that he was elected to do as a Boulder congressman,” said Schaffer campaign manager Dick Wadhams. “Colorado voters deserve to know the identity of these campaign donors who Boulder Liberal Udall considers more important than showing up and voting in Congress.”
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Wow, Udall should definitely be shivering and quivering in his little boots. I get Dick Wadhams' press releases too, you know, excellent paraphrasing.
Just one little wrinkle--once again, your tittering little "gotcha!" is completely bogus. Colorado Pols:
http://www.coloradopols.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6863
That's what it looks like--Senate candidate Mark Udall has been under fire for two days now over his "missing" a vote to adjourn Congress for the summer, after pledging to opponent Bob Schaffer in a recent debate to oppose adjournment until Congress had acted on a comprehensive energy bill.
Only problem is, it appears that the vote everybody's got their panties in a bunch about was preliminary, and the final vote to adjourn just happened a few minutes ago.
Udall was present for today's vote to adjourn--and voted "no" with the Republicans. Despite this, the motion passed 213-197.
Now, we'll leave it to our resident Robert's Rules experts to say for sure, but doesn't that mean Udall just kept his "pledge?" Did Schaffer's two days of over-the-top, sanctimonious lambasting of Udall just disintegrate?
Don't give yourself whiplash, dear reader, that's the news cycle for you.
Link to today's vote: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll566.xml
That last sentence from the Guvs is good advice. You were saying, Ben?
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