Candidates: 100,000 DU'ers demand withdrawal litmus test. Does it make a difference?

[Bonobo]

Would 100,000 strong have the ability, if acting in concert, to make the top 3 candidates PLEDGE to withdraw from Iraq during their term?

[MazeRat7]

1. Only if that 100k withheld all financial or other material support. -nt

[Hydra]

2. Yeah

unless you have 3 or more trillion dollars, they'll probably laugh at us.

[TwilightZone]

3. Probably not.

In the context of 160 million or so voting-age Americans, 100k probably wouldn't be enough to sway Congress.

Besides, the 100k is total members ever, including trolls, multiple sign-in names, former members, etc. I'd be surprised if the active number is even one-tenth of that.

[MazeRat7]

4. Snicker... I'm thinking 1/100th... 2 orders of magnitude. -nt

[TwilightZone]

5. That's certainly possible.

One does tend to see a lot of the same faces.

Edit: we'd probably also need to define the term "active". :)

[mmonk]

6. All I can say is that Bill Richardson is moving up

in the early primary states on the basis of his withdrawal plans. All I can suggest is start supporting someone who will do it. Then watch.