It's 50-State Turnout Time! (Hastert-Foley Edition)
Fri Oct 06, 2006 at 01:02:10 PM PDT
Make no mistake, this election is about ALL Republicans.
Don't be fooled by Denny Hastert's carefully calculated mea culpa. He holed up in his house for a full day before making his public statement yesterday. Let's face it, he wasn't getting a haircut or a massage. He was on the phone to Republicans across the country making sure he had the support to stay on as Speaker of the House. And apparently, they DID support him, because he sure didn't resign. This is no longer about Foley, Hastert, Shimkus, Reynolds, Alexander, and Boehner. This is now about ALL Republicans.
(More info, Howard Dean, and the BIG list of candidates below the fold.)
As Howard Dean said in this article by Will Sullivan of US News and World Report.
This Is Just A Firestorm
"...I think that this is just a firestorm. I had airport mechanics talking to me about it on the road. I mean, when that starts to happen, you know this is an issue that matters a lot."
::snip::
"One of our problems is that the races keep expanding. By this time, you're usually narrowing the number of races and pulling funding away from people who can't win. We've got people who were not on the radar of either the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] or the [Republican National Congressional Committee] and they have a chance."
As Dean said, the list of races keeps expanding. Democrats all over the country need your help now more than ever. Below is a complete list of candidates for House and Senate races. Please do what you can to help them out.
Let's turn this thing into a
LANDSLIDE!
House Seats Held by Republican Incumbents
Open House Seats
And don't forget about your Democratic Incumbent, especially if they are in a close race.
If you live in one of these districts, WooHoo!, your Democratic congressman has no Republican challenger.
(consider helping out in another district near you)
(AL-05)(AL-07)(CA-07)(CA-20)(CA-31)(CA-32)(CA-33)(CA-35)(CA-37)(CO-01)
(CT-03)(FL-02)(FL-03)(FL-17)(FL-19)(FL-20)(FL-23)(GA-05)(IL-12)(KY-06)
(MD-02)(MD-04)(MD-05)(MD-07)(MA-01)(MA-02)(MA-03)(MA-05)(MA-07)(MA-09)
(MI-01)(MI-12)(MI-13)(NJ-01)(NJ-10)(NY-05)(NY-06)(NY-08)(NY-09)(NY-10)
(NY-12)(NY-14)(NY-15)(NY-16)(NC-01)(PA-01)(PA-14)(RI-02)(TX-09)(TX-16)
(TX-20)(TX-25)(TX-28)(VA-03)(WA-06)(WI-04)
That's 56, count 'em, 56, I guess the Republicans haven't heard about the 50-State Strategy.
By the way, Democrats only left 9 seats uncontested.
Now it's time for the 50-State Turnout!
Go here and show Howard Dean some love.
And let's not forget about the Senate.
* Let's face it, Lieberman is the defacto Republican candidate
IT'S 50-STATE TURNOUT TIME!
Give money, volunteer, talk to friends and family, put out a yard sign, put a bumper sticker on your car. Do whatever you can to help out.
And most importantly -
VOTE!
As always, you can contribute to the Netroots candidates through
this ActBlue page.
Note: I will be posting this list about once a week between now and election day. If you see any errors, or have links to campaign websites that I don't have, please let me know in the comments and I will correct them.
