Democratic Underground - No, thank you, Marybeth...

please know that only a tiny, tiny fraction of HR 811 supporters, really just a handful of people at high levels in PFAW, support nonsense like 'DREs are better for minorities'. The rest of us hate DREs just as much as you do. But we differ in that we see incremental change as preferable to no change.

I fully understand that.

I don't see Feinstein (as Chair of Rules and thus the gatekeeper on this issue) moving anything else but her own bill. And her bill is NEVER going to die there, as she will not kill her own bill.

Her Chief of Staff has told me that she realizes there are problems with her bill and that changes need to be made. I'll take his word for that, and encourage folks to let her know what needs to be changed in her bill

So, the above said, if there is truly something good that could go forward onto the table in either chamber "but/for" Holt or Feinstein, I think whoever it is should just move it. There would be no disrespect, especially now considering that everything is jammed up on this issue.

While I concur, and have tried to make that argument, I've met resistance on that point. But I've met resistance before (read up thread) and it hardly dissuades me ;-)

Have you got a Plan B in mind?

Of course. And have been working on it for some time. Will let everyone know when there's something that they can do to help!

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