Well it's overwhelming. You want Jim Martin to be our next Better Democrat. Maybe it's his FISA answer, his support of net neutrality, his opposition to the bailout, or his open stance that he's a progressive in Georgia. But you want him. So we've added him.
And we're shooting for a goal of 100 new donations by tomorrow, and here's why. In two weeks, money will start to become less valuable for candidates because they won't be able to buy enough advertising time.
Our Better Democrats page is flush with great people who will make you proud in Congress. Jeff Merkley will be an aggressive progressive Senator in the Wellstone model; the NRSC has decided to stop spending in all races except Oregon and North Carolina, so let's help him out. Mark Begich is in a dogfight against the execrable but hilarious Ted Stevens, Eric Massa, a single payer advocate in the most Republican district in New York state, is leading Randy Kuhl, Annette Taddeo is standing against the bailout, Perriello is creeping up on the racist Virgil Goode, Alan Grayson is beating up on his opponent and proudly running as a liberal in central Florida, Dennis Shulman just got added to Red to Blue, and of course, Darcy Burner is finally leading against Dave Reichert.
Next year, the fight is going to shift from defeating the Republicans to winning over more Democrats to our agenda. With strong Congressional majorities, the fight within the party is the one we can set up for with this amazing wave.
So give and give deep. It will matter, and it will matter in the best way possible.
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