"On Tuesday, a coalition of good government group executives, online organizers and state and local bloggers released a petition lashing out at the DSCC and DCCC. The committees, the letter reads, are "hypocritical" for publicizing the anti-lobbyist component of the president-attended fundraiser when, during the other 364 days of the year, they eagerly take in cash from these same sources."

"The letter is signed by, among others Lawrence Lessig, Co-Founder of Change Congress; Nick Nyhart, President of Public Campaign; David Arkush, Director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch Division; Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com and Chris Bowers of OpenLeft. Joining them are bloggers in the home states of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and DSCC Chair Robert Menendez.."