Accountability Now PAC

This is so great. I've been waiting for some sort of coordinated effort that's grassroots in nature and focused on laser beam tracking of Congressional Democrats who vote far more conservatively than their liberal constituencies. Part of what has allowed the Blue Dogs in Congress to wield the power that they do, even when they are out of alignment with their districts' voting trends, is that no one is able to track them and then make sure their respective constituents know about how they are voting/obstructing or whose interests they are representing. This is one important and really effective way to solve that. Also, for all you civil rights lovers out there, Glenn Greenwald is one of the co-founders and he brings good thinking to all his ventures.

Accountability Now has a "single guiding principle," said co-founder Glenn Greenwald, "of challenging the institutional power structures that make it so easy, so consequence-free for Congress to open up the government coffers for looting by corporate America while people across the country are losing their jobs and their basic constitutional rights while unable to afford basic health care."

According to the PAC's Executive Director Jeff Hauser, Accountability Now will "help create the political space needed to enable President Obama to make good on the many progressive policies he campaigned on - such as getting out of Iraq, ensuring access to affordable health care for every man, woman and child, restoring our constitutional liberties and ending torture."

Go. Join. Donate. Get this venture off the ground. Help. If you care about Obama's efforts in progressive policy making, support him in this way. He will be MUCH more likely to make a difference with support in Congress! (h/t)