Many of us spent the last few days and weeks calling Senate offices, faxing, emailing in support of the late-blooming filibuster of Alito's nomination. We accomplished a lot - in just a matter of days things went from absolutely no one talking about a filibuster to 25 Senators voting to support our position. Senators Kerry and Kennedy provided the in-house leadership, but it was those of us (mainly) outside the Beltway that really stirred the pot and accomplished something.

Here's my suggestion: let's stir things up again. Let's start by contacting Feingold's office (202-224-5323) or russell_feingold@feingold.sen.gov and asking him to call for an independent prosecutor to determine whether Gonzalez lied under oath to Congress. Then, once he has publicly made that call, we will start calling all of the Democratic Senators to ask them to support the independent prosecutor. The next step will be the media: write the NYTimes, LATimes, WaPO, etc. to get them behind us.

Please call Feingold today and 1)thank him for the great work he has done and leadership he has provided; and 2)ask him to call for an independent prosecutor to investigate Alberto Gonzalez's lies under oath to Congress.