I ranked Jack Conway #3 on my recent Senate race rankings post, and while I'm helping behind the scenes, I feel it's important to come out and ask if you'll all pitch in.
The Conway campaign is joining with Blue America, DailyKos, DFA and ActBlue on a moneybomb today. They've raised $137,143 as of this post, but there are dual reasons for chipping in to get them over the top. Some races I help in because I just want to put a good candidate in the Senate- and Jack's race is one of these, I think he is a solid progressive guy. But in this race, I also want so badly to keep Rand Paul out. His comments opposing the Civil Rights Act are appalling, but they are just one example of how extreme he truly is- his dad may or may not have named him for Ayn Rand, but either way he follows her brand of selfishness-is-good libertarianism to a tee. His style of teabaggery is not just extreme for Kentucky, it's extreme for the whole country. We have to keep him out.
As I wrote in my post:
This is a hugely important race. Paul is the top priority for tea partiers around the country, and if he gets a seat in the Senate, their extremist movement will have will have a standard bearer for years to come. I have been very impressed by Conway and the kind of campaign he is running, and he is very much in this race in spite of the toughness of the Kentucky political terrain.
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