Does it bother you even one little whit as a Democrat ??

[sabrina 1]

153. Wrong, this is just beginning. It is a rare showing of determination by members of Congress from

both parties, who admit that the pressure on them has been intense, to resist their party's leadership AND the pressure from elsewhere to try to stop them.

As one member said this week, surprisingly 'this is unstoppable'.That was a warning to anyone who tries to stop them.

Al Franken, never great on this issue, has now joined the effort to end these abuses. He is working on ending them now and has issued a statement to express his concerns. It's finally happened, our elected officials are finally seeing what we saw when it all began, what a threat it all is to this democracy, and it is scaring them. They are a little late, but better late than never.

The tide is beginning to turn, and as another member said 'there is no going back from this'.

We are constantly distracted by these partisan 'fights' created, I now believe, to keep the people divided. I used to allow myself to be diverted by the latest 'Oooh, Palin said this, or Rush said that', but not anymore. And that too has changed. Notice how little interest anyone has anymore in those old games we all played?

Because every once in a while throughout history, long time political enemies have joined forces when something comes along that is such a threat to all of us, they are willing to set aside their differences and work together to stop it.

I believe we are seeing such a moment now. Many of them mentioned Snowden's leaks as the motivation for their new determination to finally do their jobs.