This is quickly becoming an utter joke. It's not the way you run a Congress, and it's not how you lead a country. Our leadership has botched this bill from the beginning, by caving to the Republicans from day one and signaling that we were desperate for their support, and by failing to do any outreach whatsoever to Democratic allies, including the Netroots. Well, where are the Republican votes? I thought we didn't need Democrats any more since Obama has 13m names on an email list, and all the Republicans now love him since he was nice to them. Great. Where's the beef?
Oh, and for the folks out there who think this is all solved by asking you guys to call Congress and tell them simply to pass the stimulus bill, fine, here's your action alert:
Call Congress now! Tell them to pass the stimulus bill!Wow, I didn't realize lobbying and passing legislation was so easy. No background info, and no strategy, necessary. All you have to do is call everyone in Congress, and magically a bill becomes a law. Well, I'm glad we all worked that one out. Now go along and call everyone with that uber-generic message. Then call me back when we win.
