Dianne Feinstein Censure Resonates with Democrats

by Bob Brigham [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Disclosure: I do some work with our friends at the Courage Campaign

The effort moving in the California Democratic Party to officially Censure Senator Dianne Feinstein that is being lead by the Courage Campaign, the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party Progressive Caucus, Progressive Democrats of America, East Bay for Democracy Democratic Club, Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club, San Diego Democracy for America, and Sacramento for Democracy is clearly resonating online.

The initial story on the Huffington Post already has over 700 comments. There is a top recommended diary on Daily Kos: California Dems move to censure Feinstein.

It is already moving on Crooks and Liars and Open Left and Down with Tyranny and Towleroad and Hoffmania and Brave New Films and d-day and From the Left and After Downing Street and The Strange Slog and Political Truth and Joshing Politics and The Most Important Blog...Ever and The November Blog and Cliff Schecter and -- of course -- Calitics.

With the traffic on these blogs and the volume of email being sent, I'd predict around 100,000 California grassroots Democrats will know of the censure movement by the end of the day and that number could easily triple by this weekend's vote. And it isn't just the raw numbers, which really are astonishing. It is also the degree to which the message of accountability is resonating with Democrats.

This is a defining moment for the California Democratic Party and there will be a lot of people watching what happens.