j1m

"The protest group has not only become a huge force on Obama's site--it is now double the size of any other user-created group and its traffic slowed the campaign's server last week--it has also swiftly asserted itself in the broader spying debate. Organizers have been covered and quoted repeatedly in the mainstream media, including a New York Times profile of founder Mike Stark" - j1m via Bookmarklet

On a side note - I read the NYT profile when it came out, and stumbled over the fact that Stark wasn't actually the founder of that group. He is cited as having "suggested to a group of liberal activists who share an e-mail list that they should organize a group [...]". The group was actually created by an unnamed "member of my.barackobama.com". Suggestions are cheap - I'm not sure why NYT made this a profile piece, rather than a policy piece. - Jutta Degener

i'm afraid that pressure is cheap enough - the other side which drove Obama into FISA shit is much thicker and applies pressure of different magnitude and quality - silpol