Hi Julia,

You have changed the conversation inside the California Democratic Party. 30,033 of you, to be exact.

Last night, the Women's Caucus of the California Democratic Party approved your resolutions to censure Senator Dianne Feistein. Then, in a speech before hundreds this morning, Party Chair Art Torres immediately and directly addressed your movement to censure Senator Feinstein.

This three-day event has been transformed by your activism. I am sitting at the meeting, with my computer on my lap, constantly refreshing the signature totals on the Senator Dianne Feinstein censure resolution.

We made up a poster in the middle of last night. It is now out-of-date. You can see the picture of it above. What was 29,708 signers is now 30,333. So we slapped a new number on it.

I have a stack of papers here, a marker and some tape. I am going to sit here and keep slapping up new numbers as the Executive Board members walk by. The number is turning heads and influencing conversations.

Can you keep the momentum rolling? If you haven't signed it, sign it. If you have signed it, can you send this to your friends and family? Mark it "urgent." We have a very short time before the Resolution Committee meets.

http://www.couragecampaign.org/censure

On the plane ride down here, I was reading Rolling Stone magazine and was moved by this quote from Eli Pariser, Executive Director of MoveOn.org:

"Technology makes it more possible than ever for someone with a wild idea to all of a sudden put it in front of millions of people and engage them in doing something together. It also offers the potential for politics to become more of a conversation rather than a soapbox."

30,333 people just like you have turned the soapbox on its side.

30,333 principled, patriotic citizens, calling for the California Democratic Party to censure Senator Dianne Feinstein.

You can read and sign on to the resolution here:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/censure

Today, the members of the Resolutions Committee and Executive Board of the California Democratic Party face a difficult decision under a glaring spotlight. What will they do about Senator Feinstein's tipping-point Judiciary Committee votes to confirm Judges Michael Mukasey and Leslie Southwick?

Support the people or support the powerful?

Stand strong on principle? Or play politics as usual?

If they refuse to hear the call of this people-powered movement -- the 30,333 who have signed on to the Courage Campaign website in support of the censure resolution, supported by 40 California Democratic Clubs and progressive organizations, the Courage Campaign, MoveOn.org, and Progressive Democrats of America.

As the Resolutions Committee meets shortly and the Executive Board meets on Sunday morning, you can keep building the momentum. And I'll keep updating the numbers:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/censure

Julia Rosen
Online Political Director

P.S. I am live-blogging the meeting on the official Courage Campaign blog. I'll be posting pictures as well as content. You can keep up to date on events as they unfold minute-by-minute:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/

Gotta run. I just looked at the numbers and we're up to 30,433. Way to go!