(full-disclosure: I work for the Courage Campaign)
The movement to censure Senator Feinstein brought together 35,000 people and over 40 grassroots groups, organizations and clubs. It all started when Mal Burnstein read aloud a censure resolution at an East Bay for Democracy Meeting and while the resolution failed to pass, it changed the conversation.
It changed the conversation online. It changed the conversation the California Democratic Party Executive Board Meeting and within the party staff. And finally it leept into the media's spotlight, from the NYT editorial board to Fox News. Conversation changers are great, but where the rubber meets the road is on the Senate floor.
And there is a real whopper up next week, when FISA comes up.
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