A group of 25 of us, mostly brought in by Move-On, met with a staff member from Rep. Tim Johnson's office concerning the debt limit. The group was highly diverse in age, gender occupation, and wealth. The level of passion, eloquence, knowledge, and mutual good feeling in the group was amazingly high. Perhaps the high point was the reading of an intense statement by a politically moderate teacher with children in the military.
Johnson's spokesman's basic point was that Obama is sure to cave, so there's nothing to worry about. Needless to say it was not well received. He smugly chortled and sneered his way through, including when a woman told him that Social Security was her only support. Someone finally called him on the sneering, and he tried to tone it down.
I pledged $5k to his opponent, likely to be our admirable Dr. David Gill.
2:53 PM PT: Update: For anyone wishing to contribute via ActBlue, our new district number will be IL-13.