Alan Grayson

FPC has endorsed Faye Armitage, Ron Klein and Alan Grayson. Check it out: flaprogressives.org. More to come. (via Twitter)

October 21, 2008 by admin

October 21, 2008 by admin

Annette Taddeo: Red to Blue winner in FL-18

September 11, 2008 by Kenneth

Crossposted from Miami-Dade Dems

Terrific news for Annette Taddeo, our brilliant challenger against a Bush rubber-stamp in Washington. Taddeo now has full backing of the Democratic Party establishment’s Red to Blue program. It was leaked out today on The Politico and the Down with Tyranny blogs. This will mean more funding for her campaign against Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and equal footing with the other Democratic challengers in South Florida, Joe Garcia and Raul Martinez, who have been on the Red to Blue list for some time.

We all can help build momentum in this important race by canvassing for Annette Taddeo, who’s a multiple winner this week – certified also after winning a national contest among progressives to show whose backers would work the hardest.

First, canvassing details for those in South Florida. This event is primarily backed by the Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Florida but everyone’s welcome to join.
• When: 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday Sept. 14
• Where: Little Havana, at the Ayesteran restaurant, 706 SW 27th Ave.
• Who: Millie Herrera 305 972-4162.

Lagniappe (in honor of our Louisiana friends)

September 1, 2008 by Kenneth

Quick hits from Denver:

—Did this really happen?
Had a conversation about GOP phone jamming and stealing elections with Jeanne Shaheen in the ladies room of a restaurant while brushing my teeth.

—Who knew she had a Florida connection?
Shook hands with Liz Holtzman at the EMILY’s List reception (the hottest ticket of the convention). Turns out she has an apartment in St. Pete.

—Color me shocked…
Christy Hardin Smith (Firedoglake) remembered me from YearlyKos in Las Vegas (2006) and came over to say hello at The Big Tent.

—Trip highlight…
Our picture with Joe Garcia and Markos.

—Most Star Power…
EMILY’s List reception

—Nice surprise…
Running into Bill Arnone, a fellow DFA Trust member, at the DFA party.

Tools of the Trade — Netroots Nation

July 24, 2008 by Kenneth

Tools of the Trade will be a regular Tuesday feature on the blog, but I got a bit behind this week.

I’m a big fan of Netroots Nation. In addition to the basic concept of trying to gather as many bloggers and Netroots activists together in one place, which is a great idea, there are so many things available for anyone who attends the convention that it’s difficult to know where to begin.

One of the key offerings were the 90 or so informational and training sessions. From the DFA training school, to issues-specific sessions on any issue you can think of from Iraq to the subprime crisis, to blogging on military affairs or at the state level, to hot elections to learning to infuse comedy and improve in your work, pretty much anything you wanted to learn about, you could.

There was also a day filled with caucuses for various bloggers and activists based on demographics, favorite blogs, issues and various other topics (such as the “Geek” caucus). And if you couldn’t find a session or caucus that you liked, you had the option of creating your own, there were two dedicated rooms that people could use to create self-organizing caucuses.