Letters to the Editor
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influencing senators the only way we can
Thanks in great part to your coverage of the FISA debacle, I've taken some concrete steps to participate:
1. I've donated to Senator Dodd -- twice now, and, if he makes the filibuster work, I'll empty the sock in the back of the sock drawer if I have to in order to help him.
2. I've resolved not to support either the state or the national Democratic party with a single red cent. All my donations this round are going to go to targeted candidates, whether in my state or not, and not to support the re-election of politicians like Reid or Rockefeller. They'll get the corporate money, of course, and it's unlikely that they'll miss my few dollars, but it's what I can do.
I would humbly suggest that, if personal contributions from small donors shrink dramatically, so that it becomes obvious just how beholden the national parties are to corporate interests, there may be a backlash from the voters.