I don't know how else to say it. Despite our best hopes, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have shown us they will always, always, choose cowering to Bush over protecting our Constitution. And it is time for us in the netroots to make it clear that we will not tolerate it any more. Words have gotten us nowhere. They need to be punished.
I propose an effort across the netroots to boycott support for any group that will provide campaign support to any of the "Blue Dog" / Bush Democrats who caved on this bill. That means the DCCC and the DSCC. I like reading that "our" congressional committees are kicking the snot out of the Republicans as much as anyone, but these two groups are the primary national organizations that keep the Blue Dogs in Congress. That has got to end. Let the DLC try to keep those seats. They do not represent us, we don't need them, and since they've forgotten - it is past time for us to make clear that the D does not stand for Doormat.
Down With Tyrrany (h/t Christy at FDL) makes an excellent observation. Not one Blue America candidate voted for the FISA bill. That is where we should devote our energy and money for the rest of the 2008 cycle, and I think we should make life as uncomfortable as possible for Reid, Schumer, Pelosi and Hoyer every minute of the day for the next 15 months. You don't want to respect reason or even the Constitution? Fine. We can bring some pain, too.
Not one dime for the DCCC or DSCC.