Activists show up to 'retake' Congress

This appears to be an effective means of protest -- I'm thankful for what these activists are doing:

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/06/9255645-activists-show-up-to-retake-congress

By plane, train and bus, thousands of activists are converging on Washington, D.C. this week to “Take Back Our Capitol.” Though the pilgrimage borrows the some of the language of the Occupy protests, and includes a contingent of those activists, the crowd hails largely from nonprofits and political organizations.
"We came to tell members of Congress that they should represent the 99 percent not just corporations and the 1 percent," said Colleen Bugarske, 59, a volunteer from West Los Angeles with MoveOn.org, a national nonprofit political advocacy group.