CA-Sen, Gov: Your Calls Made An Impact

I wanted everyone to know that your calls yesterday to the Feinstein campaign made an impact. In fact, they made a press release on Bradstreet's comments:
"Angela Bradstreet was speaking in her personal capacity, not on behalf of the Feinstein for Senate campaign. Senator Feinstein was an early endorser of Phil Angelides and continues to support Mr. Angelides for Governor.
Not all we were hoping for, but it does show that our frustration over Bradstreet resonated. We are really on a roll here.

I have also found out more on Bradstreet since then, including that she is very good friends with Susan Kennedy. Susan Kennedy is the "Democrat" Schwarzengegger hired as his Chief of Staff to much hoopla in order to boost his "bi-partisan" credentials. He also pays her $11,000 a month to from the state and $8,000 to a month from his campaign (plus a $25,000 "signing bonus"). That is a pretty fat taxpayer salary, but it is worth every penny for Arnold. Republicans have known for some time that if you can buy off a few prominent "Democrats," it is easy to make your position appear to be the "bi-partisan" position. This is, of course, one of the main reasons why we worked to hard to take down Lieberman. We seem to be running up against a Bay Area circle of rich Democratic donors not unlike the one Matt writes about in Manhattan.

As a final note, I wish to say that the points many made in yesterday's thread about how attorneys in Bradstreet's position are deeply involved in counseling employers to develop solid anti-discrimination policies, and that it is certainly not incommensurate with progressivism to have large corporate clients were well taken. That being said, from what many wrote it seems clear that Bradstreet herself is clearly not a progressive, and her willingness to take down Democrats means she should be kept away from speaking on behalf of Democrats at all costs.



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Re: CA-Sen, Gov: Your Calls Made An Impact (none / 0)

DiFi heard the people -- and all but ignored them yet again.


With Democrats Lieberman goes for the jugular. With Republicans he goes for the lips.
by Sitkah on Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 03:18:37 PM EST

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Progress sometimes comes in small steps.  It would have been nice if Feinstein had thrown Bradstreet overboard but the fact she issued a statement reiterating her support for Angelides means she is listening.


by John Mills on Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 05:30:14 PM EST

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Progress sometimes comes in small steps.

With DiFi and the other NeoDems you get one small step toward progress followed by one giant leap after another to regress. But it seems to keep the natives quiet, if not happy.


With Democrats Lieberman goes for the jugular. With Republicans he goes for the lips.
by Sitkah on Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 07:23:54 PM EST
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It keeps teh natives quiet, if not happy, but throwing Bradstreet under the bus wouldn't please Sitkah and the rest of teh Blog Birch Society.


by spirowasright on Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 08:43:34 PM EST
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throwing Bradstreet under the bus wouldn't please Sitkah

You're right about that. Bradstreet is just a Republicrat staffer working for a Republicrat senator. It's DiFi's head on a stake that would please me.


With Democrats Lieberman goes for the jugular. With Republicans he goes for the lips.
by Sitkah on Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 10:18:43 PM EST
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Sometimes you guys remind me of the my way-or-the highway right-wingers who've been running the GOP for the last 40+ years. If the GOP had gone belly up at any point during that time, I'd think you were insane, but they didn't and I won't.


by spirowasright on Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 10:49:10 PM EST
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I spent the first 25 years since I became eligible to vote cutting Democrats all the slack they wanted -- and all I got for it was a bunch of junior varsity Republicans running the Democratic Party.

Appeasement is for losers.


With Democrats Lieberman goes for the jugular. With Republicans he goes for the lips.
by Sitkah on Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 10:53:55 PM EST
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Perspective is important.  The modern conservative movement started with Barry Goldwater in 1964 and didn't get its first major success until the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980.  Yes we had Nixon but he was a foreign policy hawk/paraoid freak and domestic liberal.  He started the EPA, OSHA, proposed universal health and imposed wage and price controls.  Hardly what Bill Buckley et al in the conservative movement wanted.

Why the history lesson?  Movements take time and we are starting to get some successes but it will take patience and persverence to succeed over the long term.  This will not happen overnight.


by John Mills on Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 10:34:58 PM EST
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I am pretty tolerant and believe the Dem party has room for a variety views.  I certainly don't want a liberal version of the Repubs where dissent is not tolerated.  However, wealthy people like Bradstreet who complain about their taxes when they have had unprecedented tax cuts in the last 6 years make me mad.  


by John Mills on Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 11:01:37 PM EST
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     Feinstein is 73. It's too late to get her this year, but I hope netroots people are already starting to plan a campaign for a real progressive to take her seat in 2012.


by Ron Thompson on Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 06:49:00 PM EST

I'd love to see... (none / 0)

Barbara Lee or Mark Leno.

Solidly principled progressive kick ass african american lady (and my rep.) or solidly principled progressive gay man (representing the other side of the bay)...

I can almost guarantee Villagarosa, Newsom or Willie Brown will run though.

we'll see... we'll see...
a fight for another year.

-C.


by neutron on Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 10:04:03 PM EST
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Uh Antonio and Newsom are brawling for the Statehouse in '10. However, my guess is that it doesn't happen because Angelides wins in '06. Newsom is young enough to wait, Antonio might try for the Sentate but his problem will be that if Schwarzenegger is kicked out in '06 he might challenge Antonio for mayor of LA in '09.

Republican star to watch: Kevin McCarthy


by risenmessiah on Sun Aug 13, 2006 at 09:28:23 PM EST
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yes! (none / 0)

We made a huge impact on the DiFi campaign in just 8 hours, something that I never thought i'd see happen as a Californian.

And we managed to turn an Angelides hit piece on fundraising into a legit concern about partisanship/bloomberg Democrats and where principles lay.

Plus, I, and the rest of the GovernorPhil team hit up a lot of traditional media as well... it's possible this story could have legs beyond this.

I wouldn't hold my breath.

But either way, we done good folks.

And thank you so much Chris for putting this on the main page.
-C.


by neutron on Sat Aug 12, 2006 at 10:07:00 PM EST


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