I'm sending some of my hard-earned cash to each of these efforts (not that I've got a lot of loose cash, who does?). Steny can backtrack until he ends up his own ass.

He makes me cringe when I tell people I grew up in Maryland. There have been so many better political leaders from Maryland (Spiro notwithstanding).

makes me want to become a historian of political blogging. The fact that so many resources can be organized so quickly through blogs like this makes me somewhat more hopeful for the future. However, if Obama is putting out the exact same letter he put out in 07, and hasn't even updated it to read in the present tense, we've also got a ways to go.

the past tense....

Thanks to GG and all who have banded together to pull the Beltway up short on FISA and other abuses to our constitution. Exposing their rotten actions to sunlight in front of their constituents, and running strong primary challenges against them, is the best way to make them understand that we've had enough of their deceit and lies. I look forward to Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Rahm Emanuel getting strong, harsh doses of the same treatment Hoyer's got coming to him. BTW, donated yesterday & again today -- please do the same so this crowd can be hit hard where it will hurt them the most.

Is he vulnerable? And since Dems have a nice majority in Congress, likely to grow in Nov, doesn't it make sense to sacrifice a few House seats and vote Republican when it means removing corruption from office?

I wish I'd read the NYT editorial before I responded to the Obama email this afternoon. But what the NYT said is more or less what I told him. Decisions about amnesty are about to be made in Congress that will be irreversible. He needs to take a leadership role on this issue. Amnesty can be granted retroactivly. Liability can not.

Glenn:

Is there a way to donate to Ms. Thomas' campaign, and if so, can you link it to your post?

I clicked the current links and couldn't find a "donate" site.

Thanks!

what about Rockefeller?

Is he vulnerable?

I wish. If I had to pick one person most responsible for all of this, it's him.

But he's running unopposed this year and in November, will win another six year term. It's also harder - and more expensive - to defeat Senators because you have to target them statewide. It's especially hard when the target is someone with the last name (and resources typical of) "Rockefeller."

And since Dems have a nice majority in Congress, likely to grow in Nov, doesn't it make sense to sacrifice a few House seats and vote Republican when it means removing corruption from office?

I personally wouldn't vote for the particular Republicans in question or encourage anyone to do so (i.e. those running against the targets here, who are all awful), but the premise of our question -- that "Dems have a nice majority in Congress, likely to grow in Nov" and therefore the benefit of sending these messages vastly outweighs keeping any one of them in Congress -- is the premise for the whole campaign here.

Is there a way to donate to Ms. Thomas' campaign, and if so, can you link it to your post?

I clicked the current links and couldn't find a "donate" site.

Thanks!

I'm not encouraging this - don't know enough about her, other than her potential to defeat Barrow - and I personally think it's better to campaign against telecom amnesty by targeting its supporters, but here's the link that you asked for:

http://reginathomas4congress.com/donate_now.html

All right, Glenn! This is the right thing to do -- make all those people in Congress responsible for what they actually do.

In phase II, please don't forget to go after Dick Durbin. He is failing in his duty as Senate Majority Wimp, that is Whip, just as Hoyer is failing in the House.

And I sent my contribution yesterday.

this is very exciting glenn. i've been so frustrated by our inability to hold the dem congressional leadership accountable. many thanks!

one small request - the thestrangebedfellows.com website has embed code for the donation badge, i presume so that everyone (who can) will add it to their webpage. i've put it on a my webpage which has made me see that it's impossible to read in a 200pt sidebar - a common width - because the font is too small.

the current badge is designed for 400pt wide sidebar - would it be possible to have an alternative donation badge for narrower sidebars as well? i'd love to see that badge everywhere.

Just donated what I can afford. Now to get family members to match it.

And since Dems have a nice majority in Congress, likely to grow in Nov, doesn't it make sense to sacrifice a few House seats and vote Republican when it means removing corruption from office?

If a Republican wins in a district the GOP is going to claim it is because the constituents preferred the Republican in the race to his Democratic opponent. That's what the media will claim. You are just a dirty fucking hippie and you think the elections are stolen.

Besides, cutting off your nose to spite your face makes you look stupid and smell bad.

From CNNMoney.com (http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200806181550DOWJONESDJONLINE000792_FORTUNE5.htm), comes this:

Hoyer said that if a deal was finalized, he would support it, even though he " would not like it." He said he would have preferred the original House version of the legislation which didn't include retroactive immunity for the phone companies.

Only a fool would believe Hoyer is voting for it because he doesn't like it.

Steny, we are not fools! And you have just confirmed that you are!

leverage of a kind we've never dared to dream of before. My hat is off to all involved.