User blog comment:Timeoin/So, now that we're back online, did it work?/@comment-96.227.7.2-20120123131233/@comment-4741313-20120123231029

It's saying that that risks them passing in their first place. A massive statement of public opinion like the blackout actually scares a politician more then a physical protest by far. Making it that obvious voters are against it generally means most spineless politicians will stand on the side of public opinion, or do a simple google search on it and find out the actual effect of what their voting for and realize that it's "bad".