Dollars For Dems!

39 days and counting til Election Day.

So if you haven't already, IT IS TIME to get with the grassroots and join the netroots movement to save the Democratic Party! The Daily Kos and ActBlue have put together a shortlist of battleground candidates in key swing-states who need our support. These are the Dems that are fighting Republicans in places like Colorado, Minnesota, Wyoming, Texas... and it's liberal bloggers that are raising the money for the Dems to get out there and make the Republicans sweat.

Here are my picks for races to watch:

- California: Jerry McNerney (Stockton REPRESENTED! BOO-YA...) vs. Richard Pombo
- New Jersey: Angie Paccione vs. Marilyn Musgrave (total catfight)
- Washington: Darcy Burns vs. Dave Reichert


This isn't some hippy experiment, people: it works! Prime example: Ned Lamont's glorious victory against Lieberman in Connecticut's primary.

No one's ask you to sign over your life savings. $5, $10, $20 -- anything you can give WILL make a difference.

See the stats and read the bios here.

Put your money where your mouth is.


The grand finale: some inspiring words from SusanG at Daily Kos:

"...That's why I thought we were here, to rebuild and retake control of a political party, not abandon it. After all, who's got the power? Ask Howard Dean. We've got the power.

"This is democracy, people. Seize it. Take control. Grab hold of the Democratic Party and shake it until it the weak fall out and only the strong are left. Get fighters and warriors for justice and true statesmen and women in office. Isn't that why we are here? Isn't it?

"This republic is bigger than this despairing moment. This democracy, as many generations have witnessed, is worth sacrificing for, is worth dying for. It's hard to see it at this dark and humiliating point in our national history, when our Congress has tossed away some of our most fundamental rights, but we are lucky -- yes, I said lucky -- to have been born at a critical time in history, lucky to be participants in the great, unfolding pageant of this nation. Even at this very dark time, we are blessed. Whether we believe in a divinity or not, we have either been chosen - or the times chose us - to be the bearers of the standard for this country's ideals. [...] That's what democracy looks like: messy and unpredictable and sometimes slow and often heartbreaking and LOUD ... but man, it's a beautiful construct and we are lucky to have it. It is OURS. This country is OURS. We will not lie down and we will not go quietly."