WeThePeopleFoundation.org has just updated their website to bring the rest of us up to speed on their recent ad they’re wishing to advertise in USA Today this week:

Following Mr. Obama’s election many people have emailed WTP to inquire about the status of the publication of the open letter in USA TODAY.

Unfortunately, we were not able to provide any updates during the week due to the unscheduled unavailability of our IT contractor.

Their current status on funding and their stance regarding such:

As of today, $6801.26 has been contributed toward the cost of publishing the open letter in USA TODAY.

The general treasury of the WTP Foundation will not be used to pay for the publication of the open letter. Only those funds donated to pay for the letter will be used

They’ve also provided a schedule, going forward, of dealing with the actions of the Electoral College as well as what they now hope to do in terms of publishing the ad:

If we raise enough money this week, we will publish the open letter during the week of November 17, 2008, asking Mr. Obama to respond on November 24, 2008. This leaves sufficient time for an evaluation of Mr. Obama’s documentation, if any, before his representatives to the Electoral College are certified by their respective state Governors on December 1, 2008, before those representatives to the Electoral College cast their votes for Mr. Obama on December 15, 2008, and before the joint session of the Congress counts the votes cast by the Electoral College on January 6, 2009.

Exciting stuff, to say the least. In my view, I think they ought to back off of trying to schedule an event in DC to coincide with the ad’s release in USA Today and instead simply make the ad buy. My thought is that the advertisement would be enough to shock folks into a second look (if they get past their initial reaction of, “No, you can’t be serious” first).

-Phil