Two years ago, on July 19th, the blogosphere sprang into action for Ginny Schrader. In one short day, a long-shot race became seriously competitive. It remains so to this day. From the $50K the blogosphere raised that day, Republicans have spent more than $5M trying to defend the Pennsylvania 8th, and are prepared to spend millions more against Patrick Murphy.
Last year, on July 19th, the blogosphere sprang into action for Paul Hackett. In one short day, the blogosphere raise $100K for Hackett, and suddenly an extreme long shot race became very close. Over the next two weeks, that money blossomed into $500K, and the fifth most pro-Bush district east of the Mississippi and north of the Mason-Dixon line was pushed to the brink of blue. To this day, the extremely conservative Ohio 2nd remain competitive, thanks in large part to Blogosphere Day.<Br.<Br>
Now, it is July 19th again. Today, the most immediate and pressing election for the progressive movement is the Connecticut Senate primary. With only twenty days to go, Ned Lamont and the progressive movement have pushed Joe Lieberman to the brink of an historic defeat. With nearly the entire Democratic and progressive advocacy organization establishment behind him, Joe Lieberman has done nothing but blow through millions of dollars, sink in the polls, and threaten to leave the party.
Our message is simple. No longer will candidates be considered unelectable for holding progressive views. No longer will the establishment take its supporters for granted. No longer will Democrats get away with boosting their own national image by facilitating the conservative movement and distancing themselves from their own party.
I do not have many complicated messages to give you when it comes to this race. We have already written more about this election on MyDD than any single election since the 2004 Presidential election. You can read you extensive archives on
Ned Lamont,
Joe Lieberman and
CT-Sen. It should suffice to say that I believe this election represents nearly everything that the netroots is fighting for in our struggles to reshape the Democratic Party.
This election is only twenty days away. Ned Lamont will personally match every dollar we raise today with a dollar of his won. Today, your donations count twice.
Donate to Ned Lamont.
Ned Currently stands at $263K raised on Act Blue. We need a lot more than that.
Hit it.
