Donna Brazile Finally Gets it and Joins The Blogosphere

Yes believe it or not Donna Brazile finally gets it! You really need to read what she has to say. This update from Glenn Greenwald highlights an article she wrote in Roll Call which is...

unfortunately a paid subscription only. But here is an excerpt and  what Glenn had to say:

Glenn Greenwald:

Donna Brazile, who is usually one of the most conflict-adverse and fear-based Democratic consultants, has written a shockingly impassioned article for Roll Call urging national Democrats to join the blogosphere in supporting Sen. Feingold's censure resolution. The article is for subscribers only but here is a representative excerpt:

Donna Brazile:

The progressive blogosphere is on fire right now. Web loggers are pumped up about the effort by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) to censure President Bush for breaking the law on domestic surveillance and taking matters into his own hands. . . .

As a Beltway insider, I am convinced that we cannot continue to tell those who have loyally supported our Democratic leaders to wait. Wait for what? Wait until our pollsters give us the green light to speak up? Should we continue to wait, hoping that the Republicans will finally invite Democrats into the room when important decisions affecting our national security are made?

All I know is that people outside the Beltway have grown deeply impatient with our focus-group style of politics. They want to see some bold changes and some new leadership.

It's time to break with the same-old, same-old and use the Feingold resolution to force the Republican-controlled Congress to commit to serious oversight of the controversial, but increasingly popular, surveillance program.

The message from the left-leaning blogosphere is clear: Democrats should understand the real issue. The point is not censure or impeachment; it is Congress' lack of oversight and its failure to hold anyone accountable for major mistakes or missteps. And especially, it's about clearly misleading the American public. . . .

Oversight is a fundamental responsibility of Congress, which until the Republicans took over was a coequal branch of government. It's long past time for the Republican Congress -- and in particular the House and Senate Intelligence committees -- to stop protecting the administration and start doing more to protect the American people.

Glenn Greenwald:

If Donna Brazile is saying things like that in Roll Call, there is hope that this message is starting to penetrate the previously impervious Beltway walls.

This excerpt from her article echos her sentiments about censure in last Sunday's This Week on ABC. Her comments about the blogosphere are new to me and very welcomed.

Remember Brazile IS NOT a politician. She is one of the beltway consultants that we have come to reject. Most importantly she has nothing to gain by playing to the blogosphere so I take her words as sincere and welcomed. I'm sure as she sits down with various Dems that she will be discussing her newly discovered view with them. Pray that they listen.

Like Greenwald I hope that this is the crack in the wall that we need to finally have OUR message taken seriously - not so much for us - but for the sake of the Democratic party and the Nation. After all we are on the bleeding edge of this movement.