DONNA EDWARDS IS #1

We worked long and we worked hard to help elect Donna Edwards. Perhaps you watched her being sworn in here at DWT on Thursday. I never doubted how she would vote on Thursday night when Steny Hoyer led 80 right-wing warmonger Dems across the aisle to join with the extremist Republicans in passing Bush's War In Iraq Forever bill. And the next day, yesterday, Donna again resisted the dean of her state's congressional delegation (and the Leader of her party's congressional caucus) when he tried persuading Democrats that the Constitution isn't as important as retroactive immunity for his and Bush's campaign donors. Donna voted no to the outrageous Hoyer capitulation on FISA. So far Donna has the most perfect voting record I have ever seen. She ranks as the #1 member of Congress across the board in every category.

The voters in Maryland have every reason to be proud that they actually threw a reactionary, machine Democrat, one of Hoyer's prime puppets, out of office and replaced him with the best member of Congress. We would like to duplicate that feat in GA-12 by replacing a far worse member of Congress than Al Wynn ever was, John Barrow, with someone we hope will be as inspiring and independent a leader as Donna-- Georgia state Senator Regina Thomas. The netroots have just started work on Regina's race and have already come up with over $8,000, A couple zeroes after that and she'll have half of what Barrow's corporate allies and lobbyists have given him in return for voting for their special interests agendas. If can, please consider a donation for Regina today. The primary is in 3 weeks. If she beats him, Blue Dogs will reconsider their consistent betrayals of Democratic principles-- and even their betrayals of Barack Obama.