Comments on: Is Bennet using EFCA as wedge for health care reform?

By: Political Jib.com » David Sirota: Who Is Lying - Barack Obama or Sen. Michael Bennet?

Tue, 05 May 2009 20:43:01 +0000

[...] in a primary than Specter (though I do think Specter is eminently beatable). Now, I know there are partisan shills out there who claim that Bennet has some super secret Pony plan to use his silence on EFCA for [...]

By: bobmoore

bobmoore — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:14:35 +0000

Wendy, I passed this on to our Very Smart People. We recently made some changes that might be impacting how you're viewing the page on a Mac. Do you also use Safari on a Mac? Does that allow you to see the jumps and comments?

Thanks for the head's up. We'll get it fixed.

By: bobmoore

bobmoore — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:14:35 +0000

Thanks for the head's up. We'll get it fixed.

By: bobmoore

bobmoore — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:14:35 +0000

Thanks for the head's up. We'll get it fixed.

By: bobmoore

bobmoore — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:14:35 +0000

Thanks for the head's up. We'll get it fixed.

By: Wendy Norris

Wendy Norris — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:27:12 +0000

I think you're right that it's a browser issue. There are no pages denoted in Mac Firefox.

While the Complaint Department is open, I also can't access comments — to read or leave one even as a logged on, registered user.

By: bobmoore

bobmoore — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:06:46 +0000

At the bottom of the story, before the comments section, it says 1 2 Next page, then an arrow. I've checked it out in both IE and Firefox, but maybe there's a browser issue at work here?

By: Wendy Norris

Wendy Norris — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:58:38 +0000

Thanks for confirming that the quote remains in your story, Bob.

For future reference, how does one read the material beyond the jump online? I couldn't find a page 2.

By: bobmoore

bobmoore — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:55:30 +0000

Wendy, the quote is still in the story. It's on the "jump" since our stories over a certain character length split in two. Here's the relevant passage:

Bennet has been one of the few Senate Democrats who have declined to take a stand on the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill favored by organized labor that would make it easier to unionize worksites.

Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., announced Monday that she would oppose the bill, making it all but certain that the bill in its current form can't muster the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster by opponents.

"We're going to have to see whether or not there's a consensus that can be reached that makes it something that can be passed because right now there isn't something that can be passed," Bennet told the group at New Belgium.

He said he's concerned by the hard feelings that are developing on the issue, among organized labor on one side and small-business owners on the other. He said those groups can be allies on many issues, particularly health-care reform, and can't let the EFCA debate splinter relationships.

"Temperatures are running high on both sides of this. We need to make sure that no matter how this turns out ... that we've got all hands on deck working on health-care reform because this is the year to get that done," he said.