All reports are that the spontaneous calls, emails, faxes and letters were overwhelming in number, and also overwhelming in opposition.
On C-SPAN yesterday, Rep. Royce of California said "1000 to 1 against". When I called the RNC on Friday, the lady taking my call said "3,000 calls an hour", and she did not sound very cheery.
Conversely, my own Sen. John Warner's (RINO, VA) office said they'd received "some calls in support". When I asked why anyone from Virginia would call a Republican senator to support it, and what they were saying, I got a vague "Oh, just that they are in favor," which was clearly a falsehood. I felt like I was talking to a Democratic senator's staff.
So I think we (citizens) have gotten them to back off for a while, but the pressure should be kept on until the bill's demise is certain.
Sorry as I am to say it, I'm quite certain that GWB will try this again, some way and somehow, before Jan 2009.
We're not the only ones calling.
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