Congressmen Not Impressed Even With Inflated Petition Numbers

Obama supporters have been hitting the streets and knocking on doors to garner support for Obama's something-for-everyone FY2010 budget. Despite canvassing and pounding on Obama's 13 million strong email list, the effort to get petitions to deliver to Congress resulted in a less than blusterous response: 214,000 signed pledges. The DNC photo copied these pledges 3 times (one for each signer's senators and one representative) to inflate the number to 642,000 according to Washington Post.

Despite inflating the the number, Congress didn't seem to notice this particular effort. A 6th-term Congressman from Oregon, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D) said, "We get bombarded all the time. I haven't seen any big uptick in my e-mails since they knocked on doors. It's not that effective."

Yahoo News Headline: "Lawmakers shrug as Obama's grass-roots lobby delivers pledges"