2012 Elections

The Alan Grayson Moneybomb

November 7, 2011 by Kenneth

If you are reading this, there is a real good chance you’re on Alan Grayson‘s e-mail list. If so, you’ve been inundated in the last day or so with e-mails from all kinds of people asking you to give Grayson money as part of his moneybomb. I don’t if they send all of these e-mails to all of their list, since I might be getting more e-mails than others (I often end up on press lists), but I got e-mails from: Grayson himself (twice), Bill Maher, DFA’s Charles Chamberlain, Ralph Nader, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Rep. Raul Grijalva (twice), actor Esai Morales, and probably a few others that I’ve missed.

I’ve never quite seen an e-mail blitz like this one and hopefully it works and not only gets a big fund-raising bump for the moneybomb, but doesn’t tax the list and cause too many potential contributors to unsubscribe. I say this because I think Grayson’s race is not only one of the most important in the state this cycle, it’s one of the most important in the country. (So far, they’ve rasied $150k, when their goal was $100k, so it’s working so far, since it’s only 10 a.m.).

Florida’s Middle Class Comeback Starts With Flexing Muscles

October 28, 2011 by Kenneth

(Cross-posted at Examiner.com)

Next Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 – just about one year before the Big Election – is a day for Florida’s Middle Class to begin mounting a major comeback.

There’s a surplus by now of indisputable facts, figures, charts and graphs, all documenting the decimation – not decline – of the Middle Class in Florida, and nationwide.

That’s a critically important difference, between decimation and decline.

It’s the difference between cause, and effect.

Decline is the effect, defined as  “a deterioration in quality, strength, or degree, or a reduction in amount”.

Save Florida Democratic Party From Itself

October 20, 2011 by Kenneth

(Cross-posted at Examiner.com)

If nothing but bad news keeps coming for the Florida Democratic Party on the fundraising front, it’s the millions of middle class Floridians with something left to lose who’ll likely suffer the worst of the consequences.

According to recently released reports, the FDP raised all of $894,000 in the third quarter of 2011. Over the same timeframe, the Republican Party of Florida, or RPOF, took in $5.5-million. In fact, the Sunshine State Elephants have been kicking the Donkeys’ butts badly all year long, outpacing them by nearly a 5-1 ratio, $14-million to $3-million or so.

From the Inbox: 99%

October 19, 2011 by Kenneth

From Lois Frankel:

Across the country Americans are coming together with a single message: It is time for Washington to get the economy working again for the 99%. And once again, Allen West and House Republicans don’t get it.

Allen West has wasted no opportunity criticizing those who protest against corporate irresponsibility and Washington’s inability to focus on what really matters. It’s time to fight back.

Click here to sign our petition and tell Allen West, John Boehner, and House Republicans that it is time they “got the message” and focused on getting people back to work.

To make sure they get the message, I’ll deliver your signature to them in Washington, DC — and I’ll bring the media.

Allen West and the tea party have it all wrong. Getting our country working again isn’t about cutting regulation, slashing programs, and giving away billions big oil companies.

Alan Grayson Talks to Rachel Maddow About Occupy Wall Street

October 19, 2011 by Kenneth

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