How To Tell When Your Senator or Rep is Scared to Hear From You.
In the case of the typically quite chatty office of the Speaker, anything past “Hello” is met with a very brisk “If you have a comment, you’ll have to leave it on the voicemail” and an immediate, often over vocal objections, transfer to voicemail.
In the case of the typically responsive Senate Majority leader, it’s a failure to take you off hold. A recording of Harry Reid’s voice tells you that someone will be with you as soon as possible: then you sit on hold for ten-fifteen minutes before hanging up. This curious high volume of calls continues through the next 48 hours. Including after 5:00 PM.
In the case of Senator Arlen Specter, who’s been getting hell from right and left, you simply take the phone off the hook.
Funny isn’t it: the people we elected to lead the country, because they were capable of making tough decisions, really don’t want to hear from any of their constituents.
That’s a serious problem: I don’t give money or political support to people who only want to talk to me when it’s convenient. Gonna be a tough campaign year.
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