Alegre's call for support for Senator Feingold's Censure motion now tops the Recommended Diaries list and we now have Bob Johnson and about half of a dozen other dkos diaries either supporting or disapproving of Feingold's effort. I want to add a Poll here so we can get a better pulse on our own positions and hopefully also send a stronger message to our Democratic Leadership that we want them to support Feingold's Censure Motion.
I am astonished and disappointed at the lack of support from the rest of the Democratic leadership. The media is reporting Feingold's motion as if it is a bizarre lob from the left, that mainstream Democrats are distancing themselves from. My hope is that supporters such as Alegre and many others can rally enough grass roots support in the next hours and days to unleash a rally of support from Democratic leaders.
In any case, it appears many of our Democratic leaders are waiting for greater prompting from either leadership or voters. So I want to add my voice to those who support Senator Feingold's courageous and heroic stand.
And give others here an opportunity to show their current level of support or lack of it in the poll below. We need more feedback from the grass roots to drum up support for this before we get a self-fulfilling media prophesy that Feingold's opinions are extremist.
Supporters can add their names to a petition here: http://political.moveon.org/...
I hope fellow supporters are not offended that I've tried to make it a true poll that those who disagree can find trues voice. So I've included symmetrically opposing choices.
UPDATE: Based on feedback I've added another option for Support of Senator Feingolds Couragious Stand, and really strong annoyance at Democratic Leaders who don't support them, and perhaps voting for more qualified Dems but never the GOP.
This is actually my position. I was trying to send a strong message to the Democratic leadership, but would never actually betray the party over this one issue.
So I couldn't vote for the second option that says "I understand if they don't." Sorry for not thinking of this in advance but thanks to the many readers who helped me think this through. Lolli :-)