Look for less of it in the future than the Bush administration had in mind when it appointed Michael Powell FCC Chairman.
Even House Republicans, enough of them anyway, have got the message; most Americans don't feel that their lives are insufficiently influenced by the power of ever larger Coporate entities. No doubt, the NRA and other organizations of the right signing on to reverse the new FCC rules helped.
I shouldn't talk as if this is a done deal, but it's looking good.
The President is still threatening to veto the entire spending bill if there is any monkeying with that which those three Republicans members of the FCC had wrought. And that threat has meant some good amendments have bit the dust in order to provide a veto-proof bill.
Such is the legislative process; such is democracy.
Right now there are no further calls for citizen action. We'll let you know if we're needed again. For the time being, feel good that liberals got themselves organized and made a difference.
If we could do it about something as arcane and as complicated as media policy and the role of the FCC, we can do it on AmeriCorps, Head Start, leaving behind "No Child Left Behind," the environment, Medicare, and universal health care.
And if that list makes you want to reach for an aspirin, a drink, or take a nap, remember, there are fewer of them than there are of us, and, if we take it a step at a time....
