And, yes, I DO take it personally: A study in netroots/grassroots power and a portrait of leadership: "The best gift you could have given this country"

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

A study in netroots/grassroots power and a portrait of leadership: "The best gift you could have given this country"

glenn has an excellent and detailed chronology of the events leading up to yesterday's amazing and heartening senate debate on the fisa bill, highlighting the courageous stand taken by chris dodd, who quite likely would not have taken such a stand had it not been for a few savvy bloggers who initiated a groundswell... it's well worth reading... glenn includes this youtube clip of dodd delivering his own summation and urging us to remember that the fight has just begun...