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A few snips from this post of last year by DU'er welshTerrier2 that are relevant to the current FISA legislation and what our party should have done.

The particular issue does not matter, how you go about gaining support for an issue matters greatly.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/welshTerrier2/126

A party at risk - A country at risk
Posted by welshTerrier2 in General Discussion: Presidential
Tue Jun 19th 2007, 12:48 PM

"Like many DU'ers, there is nothing i would like to see more than a unified, effective Democratic Party committed to making the very real and very significant changes the country so desperately requires. Those who are furious at the party for the last disgrace on the Iraq funding bill are not "party haters". We hate what the Dems did and we hate what they are failing to do..."


Here's the major point: You need to separate the legislative process from the "platform" process....

Passing legislation doesn't start in the Congress; it starts with the American people. If the Party really wanted to make this critically needed reform, they would be raising the issue every chance they got. They aren't...

The problem with the party is NOT about which bill they pass; it's about the party's message to the American people. You don't need a veto proof majority to put out a message..."