Did the immigration bill fold last week because the grass roots roared?

"We the People", that's why it worked. Those in office heard us loud at clear! Now if we can continue to keep shouting at them to do things right, get things done, work for the American people who voted you in and not the illegals who are trying to take over. **Cy where you are at there might already be a MM group to join up with.

Absolutely and we need to keep roaring!

I believe it did and I believe the outraged citizens are going to roar louder,now a lot of radio personalities are carrying the torch and carrying the will of the people to the congressmen and senators. For instance,in this city,check out;ankarlo.net he has an interesting website.

In spite of what politicians for the immigration bill say,the people in this country made their voices heard,Ted Kennedy and company are spinning it that scare tactics were used by talk shows like Lou Dobbs,but you don't have to be a scientist to realize this bill was a disgrace made in secret by our elected officials that are suppose to look after our welfare and instead are just high priced used car dealers

Yes, I,m going to start a Minuteman Chapter, just because of it.

I would like to think so but the fact remains. The Status Quo works for the illegals and their supporters. Look at California. The State with the worst problem and it's Senator Queen Dianne Feinstein. "California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat who helped negotiate the failed deal, said, the current immigrant situation in the United States is a de facto amnesty. " She is right. The bill would have granted amnesty but, because Queen Dianne absolutely refuses to uphold the law, we have a de facto amnesty. Queen Dianne wins either way. We never would have got the enforcement, just like we didn't get the fence. Like the new Grassfire slogan says. "Where's the fence?" If our Senators are beginning to listen then they will start passing enforcement legislation. They will authorize the extra Border Patrol and they will start living up to their promises. The grassroots effort needs to start focusing on driving the legislation that we want. rather than expending all of its energies defeating the legislation we do not want. We need to start making examples of those traitor Senators like Dianne Feinstein. We need to start recall proceedings against them. Boxer voted against cloture so she gets to stay. Feinstein voted for cloture so she has got to go. The fact remains that thousands are still crossing every day and our Congress has done nothing. We need to act and act fast. Bring back the enforcement only bill that the House passed over a year ago.

Yes. It does seem dismal at times, but if the citizens of America band together like this, we CAN make a difference - this happening proved it. But let's not rest on our laurels. If we feel like we've won already, and stop the practice of contacting our officials, our numbers will be weaker next time, and we may not be able to defeat the next bill. Remember that the Government is sneaky - it may attempt to sneak in wording from the now-dead Immigration bill into future Immigration/Terrorism bills. Read up on your legislation proposals - then report to the Internet community wherever you can your findings - start another grassroots movement. This is the way we will be doing politics in the future.

I did my own letter writing. I wrote to Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC,) Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC,) and Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC.) I must say the immediate response I received from both DeMint and Wilson was in line with my views. Senator Graham however kept his stance backing both the President and Senator Kennedy. If anything, it just means I'll vote for someone else the next time he runs. I am an independent and vote both ways. I have to admit I voted for the above mentioned SC representation in the Congress, I guess 2 out of 3 ain't bad. I also like Senator DeMints stance on the environment. While it may not be as far left as mine, it's the best one out of this state in awhile. So to sum this up, grass root campaigns and the letter writing of the vast majority of the voting public together is what defeated this immigration reform bill.

Now the President is pressuring Congress to push the bill through, so it's time for round 2 of slamming Congress and POTUS with emails against this mess of a bill. To answer your question: Yes. I called into my Senators offices repeatedly, and got the same staffer 5 times. She was laughing and said they were going to add my name to their generic answering machine message. LOL