THANK THE STAFFERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK. It lets them know...

[BigBearJohn]

we are not the rabid, wild-eyed radicals the GOP makes us out to be.
Many staffers have said, "Thank you so much for your kind words.
You are the first person to thank me for taking these hundreds of
calls."

[emlev]

1. I second that.

I've been doing it, too, and they do seem to appreciate it. Started a thread on it a few hours ago, but it sank.

[SeattleGirl]

2. Absolutely!

I always do that, and from their responses ("Thank you so much for saying that"), they don't hear it very often.