Fox-hosted Democratic debate has been cancelled

After strong criticism from many progressive bloggers, the Nevada Democratic Party has decided to back out of a presidential debate that was supposed to be set up by Fox News:

Adam Green, a spokesman for MoveOn.org, said the Nevada Democratic Partyhad informed them of the decision: "Earlier today, a representative ofthe Nevada party called us and said that Fox was being dropped and thatthey were in the process of notifying their allies and Fox."

Blogs and other grassroots sites such as Fox Attacks put the pressure on Nevada Democrats to separate themselves from Fox.  It is proof that petition drives, like the one set up on FoxAttacks.com, does work.

I am not just trying to kiss up to that web site.  But I truly need to get the message across that grassroots activism is a real way that we can take our country back.  My new job is living proof that petition drives put pressure on people in positions of power.  They get scared, and then they eventually cave in.  I used to be a lot more pessimistic about this sort of thing.  Now, I know that we truly can make a difference.  If we sit on our butt and don't get involved in any way -- whether in the community or online -- then we had better shut up and not complain about all the discouraging things that are happening in our country today.