she is within the margin of error with Thompson. She is the first openly gay candidate and if she wins she will be part of history (this would be the highest office an openly gay candidate will have been elected to). She needs help to fight Thompson's $1mil influx with ads saying she didn't support 9/11 responders.

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Since money donated now would most likely help with GOTV this is a twofer.


Edit to add a link that makes the argument for me: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021646773

They'll be handling GOTV, and it's largely the same since Liz Brown (ODP Finance Chair) is Sherrod's daughter.

He's very close to unseating Bachman. Wish we had closer races here in Texas.

Michelle Bachmann--that's an argument that speaks for itself.
Besides, she has a ton of money, the vast majority of it from out of state interest groups, billionaires, and right wing nut jobs.

It would be a Democratic pickup.... seat is currently held by Republican Tim Murphy...

And...

Larry is my cousin.

compelling argument!

Missouri confuses me. Everyone says it is so red but it seems they elect a lot of Dems.

And we are deeply divided. Missouri has two large cities and several more largish cities which have heavier concentrations of liberals/Democrats, then there is the rest of the state. So when there is good turnout in the cities and surrounding areas we manage to get some Democrats in. I think we could turn blue if Democrats could hold on to the offices they have right now, gain a few more and hold onto them for awhile.

Personally I think the biggest issue these days is that the ultra conservative religious nuts seem to be emboldened. And we are in the bible belt, which means there are a lot of them. They are supporting people like akin no matter what. The state board of education president has donated to akin, after the legitimate rape comment. It's crazy and kind of scary here these days. If the polls are to be believed akin and McCaskill are in a dead heat. I don't know if she has any coat tails to ride really.

One issue Kander has going for him is that his opponent wants to do away with mail in absentee voting, which means our military members would be excluded from voting.

Missouri is a microcosm that reflects the geographic condition of the US. The populous areas are at the mercy of the rural voters, particularly in the General Assembly. We really need a Democrat SOS to protect the majority.

I've been seeing his opponent's TV ads and he really does need the help. Funny how they attack him on things that have nothing to do with the office of SOS

and I am seeking to defeat the House Republican leader. His job as caucus head is to funnel large amounts of cash (he got a check last week for $75,000 from a Nevada billionaire) to Repub house candidates all over the state. If I can make him spend money on his own race in the last week, it'll take pressure off Democratic candidates all over Oregon, giving us a much better shot at breaking the tie in the House and getting good things done in the next session.

Plus, I am a DU member and the candidate.

I'm your guy.

You get a donation no matter what! :0)

Here's a four-part argument:

1) This is an extremely competitive race (Cook Political has it as a toss-up).

2) A win here would be a House seat pick-up

3) We'd be getting rid of one of the wildest Tea Party kooks (Alan West)

4) Supporting GOTV in a race in a toss-up State (FL) will have an up-ticket benefit for President Obama.

We need to get that moron and chief obstructionist Cantor out of the House yesterday. Link is in my sig.

For your enjoyment (from the 2011 debt ceiling hostage situation)



And his tweet on Labor Day 2012, a shoutout to "job creators", because "Labor Day".



Somewhere, I have a political cartoon of him in a baby rocker, in diapers, sucking a pacifier (also from the debt ceiling days), but can't find it. Pity that - it was hilarious.

but I haven't given any to him.

Before this year I had only given money three or four times in my WHOLE life!! For the past three months I've basically given my lunch money to different senate candidates. All good though...I've gone down a belt notch!!

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but, please consider the position Bachmann has in the House, and the venom she spits.
Jim Graves would give us a voice we need so badly in the House.

I would so love to see Lyan lose both!

Here's an article about him. He sounds like a great guy.

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/rob-zerban-vs-paul-ryan-8061341

but it made me think that there are a few republican candidates for whom we should take up a collection on DU. There some republicans who need about an hour of prime time exposure. Put them on the air and let them talk all they want. The more they talk, the more votes they will lose. Just can't help themselves. Come to think of it, an hour is way too much. Five minutes of steady talking for someone like Mourdock or Aiken should be sufficient to torpedo their chances

Have a few minutes of quality T.V. time on us! Tell all the nice people out there just how wacked you are.

but you already have a lot of great options, so I will just kick this for you.