Gravel-ing For Coverage
Posted: Monday, May 14, 2007 1:35 PM by Chuck Todd
From NBC's Carrie DannTo call Sen.
Mike Gravel an '08 "hopeful" is to merely scratch the surface of his optimism.
"I will get the Democratic nomination," he declared this morning at Washington's National Press Club. Of his proposal for Congressional action to end the war, he boasted "If they follow these tactics, by Labor Day, it's all over." Of the Bush administration? "Impeachment will come," he reassured the anti-war activists in the audience. "Don't worry about that."
Gravel, who's been accused of "cluttering the stage" of last month's Democratic debates, appeared at the Press Club to lay out a strategy for Congressional action that would end the war in Iraq. His proposal calls for daily votes (seven days a week) in the Senate until the president's veto of a withdrawal date is overridden, and it would subject administration officials to felony charges if they failed to comply with the deadline.
His address attracted a staunch anti-war crowd, including iconic protestor
Cindy Sheehan, who applauded Gravel's sentiments but appeared wary of his methods. She asked him if he was working with any members of Congress to enact his plan (his reply: "nope") and suggested that he consider a third-party partnership with peace poster child
Dennis Kucinich (his reply: he doesn't plan on losing at the convention in Denver.)
Questioned about the press's cynicism of his White House hopes, Gravel scoffed that "the arrogance of some in the Fourth Estate knows no bounds." Well, let no one accuse us of not giving him his due.
