THEY’RE GETTING KIND OF TESTY in Trent Lott’s office: “A hostile woman answered and told me that my opinions were ‘my prerogative’ and hung up on me without further adieu—-I did not get a ‘thank you’ or a ‘good-bye.'”

They’re sounding kind of irritated in Jim Webb’s office, too, though it’s not clear how he’ll vote.

The leaders of Incumbistan would rather not even have to answer the phone. Unless, you know, it’s somebody offering them money who’s calling. If you want to annoy any Senators, here’s the contact list.

UPDATE: Reader Earl Perry writes: “Senator Salazar’s office staff Is distinctly crusty these days too. The words are borderline civil as they dismiss you, while the tone is savage. He got a certain amount of crossover Republican support in his first election to the Senate, including mine. He co-sponsored the Iraq pullout requirement, and he’s nuzzling the immigration bill. These are probably wiser moves for an entrenched dinosaur like Teddy Kennedy than for a tenuous upstart. He’ll need a real dolt for an opponent to re-get my vote.” Well, the GOP can probably find one of those . . . .

ANOTHER UPDATE: This may account for some of the testiness: “The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 22% of American voters currently favor the legislation. That’s down a point from 23% a couple of weeks ago and down from 26% when the debate in the Senate began. Fifty percent (50%) oppose the Senate bill while 28% are not sure.” Yeah, that’s kind of how I feel — the more they argue for it, the less I’m inclined to support it. I’m not sure how much of this is that the bill is stupid and how much is that the arguments (and arguers) are, but I guess it doesn’t have to be either/or.

Or maybe they’re upset at Mickey Kaus’s unfolding YouTube campaign.

YET ANOTHER UPDATED: Reader Kevin McKinley says they’re nicer in person:

I visited Jim Webb’s Virginia Beach, VA office yesterday to officially register my opposition to the immigration “reform” resolution.

The staffer there was polite, and volunteered that of all the people who have contacted that office, not a single person had expressed support for the resolution.

She told me Webb does not support it; when I asked her if he would vote for cloture she couldn’t tell me.

Sounds like he’d be crazy to vote against cloture, but this is the Senate, so who knows?

MORE: Another report from reader Chris Farley:

I called each office. I could not get through to the DC office – in ten tries, three of them got the “all circuits are busy” message. Capitol Hill must be going nuts.

At the other offices, I told them that I was calling to request that Senator Webb vote “no” to cloture for the immigration bill. I then asked if they knew how the senator planned to vote.

Hampton Roads – a very, very friendly and perky woman answered the phone. She took my name, address, phone and e-mail when I registered my opposition and thanked me for participating in the process. She told me that Senator Webb hasn’t made up his mind yet on how to vote.

Roanoke – a woman answered the phone and tried to get me off as quickly as I could. She was cordial at best. She only took my name. She told me that “we don’t know here but he voted against cloture before so we assume he’ll vote against it this time.”

Richmond – a very young sounding woman answered the phone, told me “okay” when I registered my opinion and also told me that the senator hasn’t made up his mind on how to vote. She didn’t even take my name.

I voted for Webb primarily because I dislike George Allen. So far, I like the concentration Webb has been given to Veteran’s issues, since I’m a veteran myself. But, I’m starting to dislike Senator Webb primarily because of the way his constituent services offices are treating me. Democracy really sucks when the primary driver behind a vote is because you dislike the other candidate. It is a bit depressing.

Most of ’em are depressing, if you look too closely.

STILL MORE: Meryl Yourish emails that the lines are jammed: “I tried calling Jim Webb’s DC office. Voicemail is full; line is busy. Same goes for Warner’s office. But their local offices are free. So I called to let them know that I do not want them to vote for the amnesty bill.”