Blue America Saturday

Last night I was very inspired by the story of Granny D, a progressive 94 year old in New Hampshire who ran against glad handing Bush rubber stamp Judd Gregg. I posted the 90 minute documentary at DWT and I want to recommend that everyone watch it when they have some time.

This past Tuesday, Regina Thomas lost her race against another glad handing Bush rubber stamp, John Barrow, who paid $21 for every vote he got. It will remain to be seen if the scare Regina gave him will make him a better member of Congress. As she said in the note she sent me on election night, she'll be watching to see if he's more responsive to the needs of the district's working families. She also told me she has a some money that's coming in from ActBlue and asked that Blue America make some suggestions about which worthy candidates she should send some of it to? Any suggestions from the community that helped her get her race going? Join us in the comments section over at FDL for a discussion from 11am-1pm, PT today.

And while you're thinking about that, if you missed our action against the extremist group, Freedom's Watch, please take a look at the video and consider helping us pay for the several hundred thousand calls we're making to defend Steve Kagen (D-WI), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Linda Stender (D-NJ), John Adler (D-NJ), and Tom Allen (D-ME). These Neocon Bush billionaires are trying to blame them for high gas prices. And Mike Farrell sets the record straight: