Barb yesterday had phone numbers for Democratic senators currently on the fence on DREAM:
Max Baucus (MT) - (202) 224-2651
Kent Conrad (ND) - (202) 224-2043
Joe Manchin (WV) - (202) 224-3954
Nelson (NE) - (202) 224-6551
Mark Pryor (AR) - (202) 224-2353
Tester (MT) - (202) 224-2644
Kay Hagan (NC) - (202) 224-6342
Claire McCaskill (MO) - (202) 224-6154
Mary Landrieu (LA) - (202) 224-5824
Or you can call this number from Reform Immigration For America, that routes automatically to key targets:
866-587-6101
So where are we with Republicans?
Those with big Latino constituencies
None of these four have said they'll vote for it, but all have electoral aspirations in states with large Latino populations:
George LeMieux, the outgoing appointed senator from Florida who got the bug and wants to go back.
Kay Bailey Hutchison, who will face a rocky reelection battle in Texas.
Jon Ensign who is toast in Nevada, but still thinks he can survive both the inevitable primary and general election if he gets that far.
Mark Kirk, who has six years before he faces the voters again in blue Illinois, but might want to get off on a solid foot playing up those "moderate" bona fides. And Massachusetts' Scott Brown, who really has to play that "moderate" card if he wants to get reelected in 2012.
Are those guys gettable? Worth a shot. Here are some other Republicans with large Latino constituencies who will probably vote the wrong way, but why let them off easy? That crotchety bitter man John McCain and his colleague Jon Kyl from hateful Arizona, John Cornyn, who better hope Texas Latinos don't actually start voting, and South Carolina's Lindsey Graham.
Those who voted the right way in the past
These were a yes vote when this issue last came up in 2007: Maine's
Olympia Snowe, who might feel safer about her reelection chances now that Maine's new teabagger governor says he'll support her (not that it matters, she's still a goner), and Snowe's twin sister,
Susan Collins. Kansas'
Sam Brownback. Yes, Brownback. I shit you not. Brownback. (Who by the way, is the governor-elect of Kansas.).
Dick Lugar, who doesn't seem to be sweating the brewing teabagger revolt back home, so might still vote the right way. And Utah's
Bob Bennett, who was ousted this year in large part because he didn't hate brown people enough.
Also, I almost forgot Utah's other senator, Orrin Hatch, who voted the right way in 2007. He's actually been a historical ally of immigrants -- a trait that's embraced by missionary mormons. However, he's fixing to be teabagger roadkill in 2012, so he might not want to antagonize that crowd further.
Those who are retiring
Republicans tend to vote a little better when they're no longer going to face voters. So Ohio's George Voinovich and New Hampshire's Judd Gregg may be gettable.
Independent enough to vote "yes" this time?
Alaska's Lisa Murkowski hasn't been an immigrant basher and hater, and while she voted the wrong way in 2007, she claimed that if she won with bipartisan support, she'd be more independent. This would be a good issue to prove she wasn't full of crap.
If you are a constituent of any of those elected officials, please give their office a ring. This number will connect you to the right office: 866-587-6101. It takes a few minutes, and it would be a lifesaver for so many kids who are as American as Apple Pie, even if their parents came to America without the proper papers.