-Politics doesn't equal pleading to Congressional Dems. What DP did -to pass the resolution giving Bush the power to invade Iraq, it can't -and won't undo at this point. If Congressional Dems want attention -of anti-war activists, they, as our servants, have to bring a -concrete proposal to stop the war to us, not the other way around.
Who is "us"? Most antiwar Dems consult quite often with various peace activists in their districts.
A significant majority of Dems voted against Bush's resolution. So the issue is not pleading to the Dems who already voted with us, but convincing the swing Dems and moderate GOPers who can be pushed to switch their vote in future resolutions.
My suspicion is that most of the "social costs" organizing will happen in liberal districts where the Congresspeople already voted against the war. How will hurting the economy in such areas help change anything? Heck, it will just accelerate the damage the rightwing already wants to inflict on urban and liberal areas.
One continual issue with large DC protests is that most of the costs are absorbed not by the federal government but by the underfunded DC local government. If the costs of organizing leads to cuts in education funding for poor black DC schoolkids, why will this encourage swing officials to oppose the war?
-- Nathan Newman