e-campaigning Senators Contacting

In Feb 04 I was so green on e-campaigning that I had to sharpen cut/paste skills. A group of Rapid Response Writers in Austin TX adopted me as the East Wing. We wrote all summer long for Kerry/Edwards in a dedicated yahoogroup. I left them to learn more after the Nov 04 debacle. (Thankfully, we drove some nails into Tom DeLay’s coffin.) When things heated up for 06 election, they asked me if I wanted to join again. I deferred until 08, since I kept things more local because of Ford/Corker.
This all seems so yesterday. Blogs have become sophisticated, especially for those who expect to run for president. Instant communication is easier. It’s still hard to make real connections for action.
Last week Harry Reid, under the DSCC page, bemoaned that they couldn’t pass a non-binding resolution about Iraq, and asked me to give him my thoughts. (They are there in my “Letters to Senators” file.) Basically, I told him we had worked hard to put Democrats in the drivers’ seat, and now we would try to back them up. So I let him know that Murtha rankled Republicans with the power of the purse by fine-tuning how the money could be used. They would just have to figure out how to rattle Republican cages.
Actually I was already in a mood to start my own little cage-rattling campaign. When the thread called “Here’s a shocker. Or maybe not” came to my attention, I knew I had my current issue. Since Alexander is my Senator, I started with him. (We all call him Lamar. I’m not being rude.) It’s at the end of this piece.