I spent yesterday back in the hospital, not because of the cancer exactly. My weakened immune system was unable to fight off a damned cold and it turned into... double pneumonia. That means I'm back on stuff dripping into my body for a couple weeks. So... I couldn't do much blogging. I thought it would be a good time to create a handy guide to how you can find the progressive candidates you're interested in when you feel like making a campaign contribution through Blue America.
Our main page is always the page for our House challengers. This year we're starting out with 13 candidates in California, Michigan, New York, Nevada, New Jersey, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland and New Hampshire. We're in the process of vetting nearly a dozen more. If you have any suggestions, please let us know. One that I know is coming very soon is a credible primary opponent for corrupt New Dem Debbie Wasserman Schultz; the countdown is on!
Then there's the Senate page-- just 4 candidates this cycle, at least so far: Donna Edwards (MD), Russ Feingold (WI), Alan Grayson (FL) and P.G. Sittenfeld (OH), 4 proven progressives running against pretty awful conservatives, some in primaries just around the corner and all next November. By the way, on all of our pages, you see the candidates' names and you have the option to contribute to one of them or two of them of all of them. You can say, I'll give $1,000 to Alan Grayson and $422.93 to P.G. Sittenfeld and the same amount to Donna Edwards but nothing at all to Russ Feingold. Or you can say, I have $20 and I'd like that split evenly between all the candidates. It can even be a fun exercise.
There's also a convenient page that includes the House and Senate candidates all in one place.
There's a page for worthy incumbents who need and deserve some help, 10 so far, some, like Mike Honda, who have tough campaigns against reactionaries and some, like Mark Pocan and Keith Ellison who we are helping build power towards leadership positions.
Then, of course, we have our Bernie for President page which already has 401 contributors and $26,482, just over our goal's halfway point, including 20 new contributions yesterday.
Another way to support Bernie is on a page dedicated to him and to the candidates who have explicitly endorsed him and are running for Congress on the same issues he's running on. I mean if Bernie is president, he's going to need as many allies in the House and Senate as he can get. He's sure not likely to get much support from the Schumercrats in the Senate and the Blue Dogs and New Dems in the House.
There's also a page dedicated to progressives running for state legislative seats around the country.
There are specific pages we use to raise money for Alan Grayson's Senate race and another one for Donna Edwards' Senate race, each running against an establishment Wall Street-friendly primary opponent.
And there's a page soley for the Blue America I.E. Committee, which collects contributions that don't go to candidates; it's money Blue America uses to finance projects meant to help candidates independently, primarily through advertising and related activities.
Anything appeal to you? Give one or two a try-- and remember, there is no such thing as a contribution that's too small. And the only meaningful deadline is before the first Tuesday of November. Oh more thing-- whenever you see a thermometer, like the one below, all you have to do is tap it and it will take you to a contribution page.
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