Ineffective politics

I just read a comment on the LLNL blog. The anonymous poster was writing a note to Congressman Tauscher. He or she told the Congressman that the Congressman was wrong in their handling of the LLNL contract and that the writer would vote for the Congressman's opponent in the next election.

Writing such a note is a good start but ineffective. If the Congressman won her seat with a 100,000 vote plurality, one vote does not make a difference. The change of thousands of votes would make a difference. So, to me, the writer would want to behave in a way that would change thousands of votes.

Unfortunately, I have not seen employess at LLNL or LANL be willing to work together for the common good or to prevent the common bad.