We're not asking her to set herself on fire, we're just asking her to hold a public hearing. She's already moved from where she was four weeks ago. Wyden is having a good influence on her.
Here is a little gentlemen's wager: I claim that if we could get 400 phone calls from Californians into her California offices in the next two weeks, that would be enough. We can keep track here: http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/1379/results On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If we could get a hundred calls into each of >>> Feinstein's four California offices during the Senate recess - a >>> fraction of a percent of the politically engaged, hard core opponents >>> of the drone strike policy - do you think Sen. Feinstein might agree >>> to hold a public hearing? >>> Robert Naiman >> >> ------------- >> >> It's certainly worth a try. > > I'm afraid that on the question of the CIA, Feinstein is just as > hard-core as Rep. Jane Harman was. Many Democratic Party members in > California think of her as a "moderate" Republican much more than a > Democrat (unlike, say, Sen. Barbara Boxer). > > Feinstein was recently reelected, so there's no way to threaten to > kick her out of office if she doesn't comply with our wishes for > almost 6 years. how can we put pressure on her? can we threaten her > with impeachment? is there _any_ leverage that average citizens with > limited financial means have to deal with the power of a many-term > incumbent with a lot of financial resources who's very well connected > within the DC establishment? > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your > own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
