Encourage Progressive Leadership Open Thread

by Senate Guru, Fri Oct 23, 2009 at 08:00:41 PM EDT

It's been almost a year since Election Day 2008, but some of our '08 champs could still use a little help.  Just sayin'.

As of September 30, 2009:



DemocratCash on HandLingering DebtAmount in the RedWhere to Contribute
Al Franken$242,128$450,859$208,731Contribute to Al
Jeff Merkley$137,221$271,589$134,368Contribute to Jeff

I'm not saying there aren't plenty of 2010 candidates that need our help.  (There are!  Please help!)  I'm just saying that helping our previous progressive winners to close their books and retire their debts could encourage other Democrats currently running to follow in more progressive footsteps, knowing we have their backs.

I'll leave you with a few reasons to be very, very proud of Senator Al Franken's first months as a U.S. Senator (and very, very motivated to help retire his campaign debt):

And a dash of Senator Merkley for good measure:

Consider this an open thread.

Tags: Al Franken, Jeff Merkley, Open Thread (all tags)

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Re: Encourage Progressive Leadership Open Thread

Franken was great, but Kerry Burns was the true hero at that session.  

Finn was a brave little boy and I am proud to have known him.  I pray that Kerry and Patrick can recover from the hell they endured, not just for the loss of their son, but from the vultures that assaulted them, even as Finn was dying.

by Khun David 2009-10-23 08:17PM | 0 recs
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Re: Kerry Burns was the true hero

I'm sure Al would agree. But he was pretty special, too.

by QTG 2009-10-24 02:45AM | 0 recs
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Franken was great and imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.

by barack to the future 2009-10-24 05:55AM | 0 recs
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Open Thread

60 Minutes is doing a show on Epilepsy on Sunday October 25, 2009.

David and Susan Axelrod's daughter was diagnosed with uncontrollable epilepsy at 7 months old, she's now in her late 20's. David will appear in the show in an effort to help raise awareness.

Parade magazine did a piece on the Axelrod family's experience with epilepsy last February. Grab a hanky:

http://www.parade.com/health/2009/02/sus an-axelrod-CURE-epilepsy.html

by QTG 2009-10-24 07:46AM | 0 recs

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