LaRouche Democratic Campaigns On Full Mobilization

May 16, 2010 (LPAC)—The Summer Shields for Congress campaign got out early on Friday, May 14, to the transit stations in San Francisco and distributed leaflets calling for the reinstatement of Glass-Steagall. Several of the commuters had already received the literature from previous literature distributions with some thankful and indicating that they had already contacted their Senators.

With a video camera in hand, the team of organizers entered the office building where Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office is located and demanded a meeting with the Senator and were refused. After being refused a meeting by phone with Sen. Barbara Boxer's office, the team proceeded to meet with them anyway! Once they arrived at the office building the group was confronted with a locked door and a little box with a camera and voice being emitted from it. After arguing with the box for a while they were told that they would be contacted by the office later. This whole ordeal was filmed and is now on Summer's website:.

Later on, Boxer's office returned a call to Summer's campaign and took a statement on the need for Glass-Steagall. The statement, which was read back to him, essentially read: Glass-Steagall is necessary or else the nation won't survive; the bailout of European financial institutions is totally unacceptable and is a direct result of the repeal of Glass-Steagall; that he was running for Congress and had come to the office with a number of individuals, and that the support for the legislation in the population was across the board.

According to the highest ranking staff member there, this message was forwarded to Boxer's official advisor on economic matters, and the Senator herself immediately.

Several calls were made to city and state-level officials urging them to support the McCain-Cantwell legislation, and LaRouchePAC organizers also got in touch with some old contacts from city councils and the state legislature met during the mobilization for the Home Owners and Bank Protection Act.