PFAW email regarding the Alito confirmation:

[Wordie]

I recieved this email from PFAW. It had some impressive news: over 600,000 FAXes and emails were sent through their site in just five days (and people could only respond once - I know, I tried to send a second PFAW message and wasn't able to.) I thought some DUers would want to take a look at what they had to say:

AMERICAN WAY -- Special Hearing Update
January 31, 2006
______________________________________________________________

Dear (Wordie),

We are, of course, deeply disappointed that the Senate voted to
confirm Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court moments ago.

But we are heartened by the fact that despite overwhelming odds
from the beginning, PFAW activists never gave up. You sent over
600,000 faxes and emails to the Senate in the last five days
alone! Thank you for all your hard work!

We fought hard up until the final vote, convincing 42 senators
to vote against Alito's confirmation. We even helped inspire 25
progressive senators to stand on principle and attempt a
filibuster even though the odds were against them.

Now that the fight is over, it's important to let the senators
who fought Alito know you appreciated their standing up for our
rights -- when the next fight comes, they'll be in a stronger
position to lead if they're confident they'll have our support.
Also let senators who voted to confirm Alito know that you'll
remember their votes when they're up for reelection.

Here's how senators voted on the filibuster and on the final
vote. Call your senators and let them hear your appreciation
or disappointment.

Share your thoughts on your calls by visiting
http://www.SaveTheCourt.org/CallReport.

--Your Allies at People For the American Way

Unless otherwise noted, all material in this email was brought
to you by People For the American Way, a (501)(c4) organization

I will post the rest of the email (Senator's names, how they voted and phone numbers) in a reply, as it is quite long.

[Wordie]

1. Here is the rest (Senator's names, votes, and phone numbers):

Alaska
Lisa Murkowski voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
Ted Stevens voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Alabama
Jeff Sessions voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
Richard Shelby voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Arkansas
Blanche Lincoln voted against confirming Alito but voted
against the filibuster.
[phone]
Mark Pryor voted against confirming Alito but voted against
the filibuster.
[phone]

Arizona
Jon Kyl voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
John McCain voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

California
Barbara Boxer voted against confirming Alito and voted for
the filibuster.
[phone]
Dianne Feinstein voted against confirming Alito and voted for
the filibuster.
[phone]

Colorado
Ken Salazar voted against confirming Alito but voted against
the filibuster.
[phone]
Wayne Allard voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Connecticut
Christopher Dodd voted against confirming Alito and voted for
the filibuster.
[phone]
Joseph Lieberman voted against confirming Alito but voted
against the filibuster.
[phone]

Delaware
Joseph Biden voted against confirming Alito and voted for the
filibuster.
[phone]
Thomas Carper voted against confirming Alito but voted against
the filibuster.
[phone]

Florida
Bill Nelson voted against confirming Alito but voted against
the filibuster.
[phone]
Mel Martinez voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Georgia
Saxby Chambliss voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
Johnny Isakson voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Hawaii
Daniel Akaka voted against confirming Alito but voted against
the filibuster.
[phone]
Daniel Inouye voted against confirming Alito but voted against
the filibuster.
[phone]

Iowa
Tom Harkin voted against confirming Alito and supported the
filibuster but did not vote.
[phone]
Chuck Grassley voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Idaho
Larry Craig voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
Michael Crapo voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Illinois
Richard Durbin voted against confirming Alito and voted for the
filibuster.
[phone]
Barack Obama voted against confirming Alito and voted for the
filibuster.
[phone]

Indiana
Evan Bayh voted against confirming Alito and voted for the
filibuster.
[phone]
Richard Lugar voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Kansas
Sam Brownback voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
Pat Roberts voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Kentucky
Jim Bunning voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
Mitch McConnell voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Louisiana
Mary Landrieu voted against confirming Alito but voted against
the filibuster.
[phone]
David Vitter voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy voted against confirming Alito and voted for
the filibuster.
[phone]
John Kerry voted against confirming Alito and voted for the
filibuster.
[phone]

Maryland
Barbara Mikulski voted against confirming Alito and voted for
the filibuster.
[phone]
Paul Sarbanes voted against confirming Alito and voted for the
filibuster.
[phone]

Maine
Susan Collins voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
Olympia Snowe voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Michigan
Carl Levin voted against confirming Alito and voted for the
filibuster.
[phone]
Debbie Stabenow voted against confirming Alito and voted for
the filibuster.
[phone]

Minnesota
Mark Dayton voted against confirming Alito and voted for the
filibuster.
[phone]
Norm Coleman voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Missouri
Christopher Bond voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
James Talent voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Mississippi
Thad Cochran voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
Trent Lott voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Montana
Max Baucus voted against confirming Alito but voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
Conrad Burns voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

North Carolina
Richard Burr voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
Elizabeth Dole voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

North Dakota
Byron Dorgan voted against confirming Alito but voted against
the filibuster.
[phone]
Kent Conrad voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Nebraska
Ben Nelson voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]
Chuck Hagel voted to confirm Alito but did not vote on the
filibuster.
[phone]

New Hampshire
Judd Gregg voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]
John Sununu voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]

New Jersey
Frank Lautenberg voted against confirming Alito and voted for
the filibuster.
[phone]
Robert Menendez voted against confirming Alito and voted for
the filibuster.
[phone]

New Mexico
Jeff Bingaman voted against confirming Alito but voted against
the filibuster.
[phone]
Pete Domenici voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Nevada
Harry Reid voted against confirming Alito and voted for the
filibuster.
[phone]
John Ensign voted to confirm Alito but did not vote on the
filibuster
[phone].

New York
Hillary Clinton voted against confirming Alito and voted for
the filibuster.
[phone]
Charles Schumer voted against confirming Alito and voted for
the filibuster.
[phone]

Ohio
Mike DeWine voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]
George Voinovich voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Oklahoma
Tom Coburn voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]
James Inhofe voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]

Oregon
Ron Wyden voted against confirming Alito and voted for the filibuster.
[phone]
Gordon Smith voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]

Pennsylvania
Rick Santorum voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]
Arlen Specter voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]

Rhode Island
Jack Reed voted against confirming Alito and voted for the filibuster.
[phone]
Lincoln Chafee voted against confirming Alito but voted against
the filibuster.
[phone]

South Carolina
Jim DeMint voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]
Lindsey Graham voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]

South Dakota
Tim Johnson voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]
John Thune voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]

Tennessee
Lamar Alexander voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
Bill Frist voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]

Texas
John Cornyn voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]
Kay Bailey Hutchison voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Utah
Robert Bennett voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
Orrin Hatch voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Virginia
George Allen voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]
John Warner voted to confirm Alito and voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

Vermont
Patrick Leahy voted against confirming Alito and voted for the
filibuster.
[phone]
James Jeffords voted against confirming Alito and voted for the
filibuster.
[phone]

Washington
Maria Cantwell voted against confirming Alito but voted against
the filibuster.
[phone]
Patty Murray voted against confirming Alito and voted for the
filibuster.
[phone]

Wisconsin
Russell Feingold voted against confirming Alito and voted for
the filibuster.
[phone]
Herb Kohl voted against confirming Alito but voted against the
filibuster.
[phone]

West Virginia
John Rockefeller voted against confirming Alito but voted against
the filibuster.
[phone]
Robert Byrd voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]

Wyoming
Michael Enzi voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]
Craig Thomas voted to confirm Alito and voted against the filibuster.
[phone]


_______________________________________________________________

[stillcool]

2. That is impressive....

I was wondering if we would ever get a ball-park figure of just how many emails, faxes, phone calls were logged. I used several sites, as I'm sure we all did. One site....I think it was the one with the name 'crony' in it, actually had some of the 'messages', that people had sent...and they were all just awesome. No curses, nothing derragatory...just people pleading for their country.... would make a great book.

[Wordie]

3. Yep...that was 600,000 messages from just that one site!

And there were so many sites that had petitions and emails by which to oppose Alito. And so many wrote personal emails and made phone calls and used the Senator's webforms, too. I don't know how it would even be possible to get a good sense of how many were sent.

The book idea is a great one...someone should get to work on that - to have it ready for the first sort of decision that comes down from Alito that we all predicted. :(