Yesterday was a big day on the FISA debate, but only the beginning. We got Senator Feinstein's attention, both jamming all of her voicemail boxes and getting a comprehensive response from her Communications Director. Most encouraging has been the cooperation throughout the netroots and grassroots organizations that want to protect our 4th amendment rights. Courage Campaign was joined by CREDO, DailyKos, Glenn Greenwald, FireDogLake, D-Day at Digby, and countless others to push back on unnecessarily bad legislation. We even got a big boost from John Edwards. But while we've clearly gained momentum, the issue will extend into next week.

Tim Tagaris has a great rundown of what's likely to be coming down next week. A number of votes are likely on Monday, which also happens to be the day of the State of the Union. That means that EVERYbody is gonna be in town and we could really see some fireworks as presidential contenders like Clinton, Obama, and McCain come home and either conspicuously mix it up or conspicuously don't. As one commenter at OpenLeft noted yesterday, most people on the street have no idea what FISA is. Well, with all the attention on the big presidential candidates, that could change.

There are indications that we may ultimately not get either the Judicial or Intelligence versions of the bill through, in which case we're likely to see a 30 day extension courtesy of Harry Reid on Monday. Regardless, we're going to be seeing cloture votes and battles over 50 and 60 vote thresholds all day Monday leading up to Bush almost certainly bringing it up during the State of the Union.

Senator Feinstein will remain a key vote on any FISA legislation. I encourage everyone to read Robert's excellent analysis of everything that's wrong with her particular amendments and keep up the heat and act now to tell Senator Feinstein tto support the Dodd filibuster and protect tha Constitution.