User blog comment:Bovell/We stand with Wikimedia - Stop PROTECT IP and SOPA/@comment-5004899-20111120004703/@comment-670668-20111120015754

There are already 39 co-sponsors to PROTECT IP in the Senate. That's 40 guaranteed support votes.

It's not as far-fetched as you may think. This is why everyone who is against these bills to make their opposition known to Congress.