The purpose of this diary is to not yet initiate, but to just group-assess for now the potential support level out there in the leftie blogosphere for the following idea.
We need to start group-thinking now about how we might go about playing some really serious hardball with Nancy Pelosi and the beltway Dems as regards impeachment, if they still refuse to get it on impeachment, even after their being bombarded with calls and letters from us.
If one month passes from today and we see nothing encouraging from Pelosi and the beltway Dems as regards impeachment, I propose that we seriously consider then immediately implementing a nationwide heavily blogger-promoted freeze on all grassroots small-donor campaign contributions to ALL Dems across the board (except the explicit sign-ons to the Kucinich impeachment bill), from the local dog catcher, to every local Dem state house rep, to every national Dem Congressional rep, to Edwards/Hillary/Obama/etc., from the Dem incumbents to the Dem newbies, and every Dem organization (the DSCC, DNC, DCCC, etc.)
That's a LOT of Dems there that we can reach out and touch!
We already know that the leftie blogosphere is exceptionally effective at generating grassroots small-donor Dem campaign contributions; maybe the leftie blogosphere can be just as effective in FREEZING out those same contributions.
The plan & objective would be to cause as much pain and suffering and anxiety among as many Dems running for office in 2008 and Dem organizations as possible, not because we want to hurt or punish them, but because we want them to internally/privately beat up hard on Pelosi and her anti-impeachment Svengalis in inner DemDom to get with the program already, to get going with the impeachment process already.
DaveV makes a good point:
Put pressure on the HJC reps in safe districts (like Tammy Baldwin, who represents mostly Madison, WI). If enough in the HJC get pressure, it will percolate up to Pelosi.
Reps have to be elected every 2 years; their re-election budgets are relatively small. They also are well aware of the power that the Netroots brings to the table.
Ok people, what say you?