The Geithner confirmation is an excellent issue for purposes of getting acquainted with your US senators. Remember, the full Senate has to vote on him. You can click on that red box GTP has up at the top of the page, find your senator, message him or her with the special “contact” form on his web page. Say Geithner’s a tax cheat and you don’t think he should be confirmed to one of the most powerful jobs in the government. Geithner will almost certainly be confirmed regardless, but your senator will appreciate that his constituents are paying attention and so be less inclined to go along with every damn thing the White House comes up with. In the highly unlikely event that Geithner is not confirmed, the defeat would be a major, major bloody nose for the Obama.