It seems judgmental DC reporters are making a lot of the fact that Organizing for America’s 642,000 delivered signatures to Congress is based on triple counting each signatory and sending a copy to both members of the Senate and the Representative for that person’s home district.

Guys, this is not triple counting. For a citizen to lobby the delegation that represents him or her, that person must contact three offices. If they only contacted one, two offices would not have been reached.  This is how the legislative branch is structured in the US government. To put it a different way, lobbying Congress is not like lobbying the White House; citizens can’t just send one email or fax to have achieved what they’re trying to do. OFA is enabling citizens to successfully lobby all the people who represent them. It’s not a number dodge, it’s how the system works.