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[Bianca]

But the Pumas soldier on.



"Our Number 1 goal is we are protesting the 2008 election," said Boston area blogger Darragh Murphy, founder of Puma PAC (whose name stands for "People United Means Action"). "It's not an organized effort to leave the Democratic Party, but to get it back, to bring real unity to the party. Millions of voters are still very unhappy. We're going to still be here on November 5."

Every Sunday, Diane Mantouvalos hosts a conference call for the Just Say No Deal coalition. The overall effort is wearing her down, even as it invigorates her.

"It's just like a campaign," she said. "It's a viral movement that is virtual at this point, but it is moving at the grass-roots level to be a counterpoint to MoveOn.org, which no longer speaks for most of the coalition."

She doesn't think these disparate voices of dissent will soften with time, as party leaders anticipate.

"You ask me what's going to happen? I have no idea. I can just tell you we're going to keep going."



Polling analyst Jennifer Agiesta contributed to this report.