Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan to be CIA Director has started to gain significant momentum this afternoon, as other prominent Republican Senators and conservative minds have praised Paul's three-plus-hour long effort.
Around 3 p.m. this afternoon, Republican Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) joined Paul on the Senate floor to join in his
Finally, to make the filibuster bipartisan, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon came to the floor to speak.
Sen.
#RandPaul is asking a legit question of Holder.Why so hard for them to just give straight answer?Almost like they feel it is beneath them.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) March 6, 2013
Erick Erickson, the editor-in-chief of the conservative website RedState, urged Rubio to join the filibuster, along with Lee and Cruz. Erickson said it would "cement" the legacy of recently retired Sen. Jim DeMint, who was historically one of the Senate's most frequent employers of the filibuster technique.
If Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio go give
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) March 6, 2013Rand Paul a filibuster assist, Jim DeMint's legacy will be cemented as a force for change.
Paul's filibuster has also picked up attention at places as ideologically apart as The Huffington Post and The
The Drudge Report made Paul the star of the day, with a headline that alluded to Frank Capra's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and its famous filibuster:
DrudgeReport.com
The HuffPo portrayed Paul as valiant, saying he took a "stand":
Huffington Post
This post has been updated.