Compared to getting the general public to accept virtual currencies for everyday transactions, shouldn't it be relatively easy to convince those same people to put pressure on the IRS and congress? In fact, this is a particularly good year to begin such an effort, since the Senate is in play in the midterms. If predictions start to indicate an unusually high turnout of virtual currency supporters, it would throw a big wrench into almost every political playbook (which are presently primed for older, conservative demographics).
Unless there is some reason to believe virtual currency supporters make exceptionally large campaign donations, I'm not sure why any Congressman would be swayed by what can't possibly constitute more than a tenth of a percent of the voting population.
Bitcoin supporters would be better served talking directly to their current representatives outside of an election context and even to the IRS.
An organized, vocal minority can still be persuasive without being big donors themselves. But talking directly to current representatives is exactly what I was suggesting.
