Quick diary:
According to politico the ofa campaign only mobilized half as many calls, in support of the bill, this month, as a similar effort in october. 150,000 calls this time, vs over 300,000 during the october effort. There is alot of evidence that it has to do with dissatisfaction with bill. According to the article many ofaer, have actually sworn to call there Senator and Congressmen, only to support killing the bill.
There has been much dissension on the ofa list servs.
But Tanya Keith, a small business owner from Des Moines who was a precinct captain for Obama's Iowa campaign, replied to the OFA e-mail, writing "Why should I devote my valuable time to volunteer for a bill that has no teeth left in it? We've sold our souls to 4 Senators instead of sitting down and convincing them that a public option or at the very LEAST medicare is included in the bill." .........
That's what Susan Smith, an OFA activist from Tampa, did. She also fired off an e-mail urging members of the Florida Progressives listserv to "say NO if (OFA staffers) ask you to participate" in the phone banking.
"If this bill passes, it will be because Joe Lieberman threw a hissy fit and was allowed to control what went into the bill," she wrote. "That means that in the end, he had more power with President Obama and Senator Reid than we do. If he is rewarded, this tactic will be used over and over again to kill the progressive agenda." She also urged members not to donate to the DNC or the Party's congressional campaign committees.
In an interview, Smith said her listserv message prompted an outpouring of similar sentiments.
"People are frustrated because we have done our part," she said. "We put these people in the position to make change and they're not doing it."
You can definately see alot of signs of this apostasy on dkos, with ofa posters like Colorado is Shiznit and Math4Obama, doing a complete 180 on their support for the bill and Obama.