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PBS' NOW highlighted our efforts (Mo Better Democrats!) to send a very important message to the Bush Dogs and establishment Democrats who support the Al Wynn's of the party when we raised over 100,000 dollars for Blue America's Donna Edwards a few months ago. Here's our ActBlue page for Donna.

With Democrats like Al Wynn, who needs Republicans? Donna Edwards...

Right on, Donna! Big Media Matt Stoller was interviewed for the show and did a tremendous job of explaining our position.

Stoller: I mean if you're willing to compromise on core values with people who operate in bad faith then you will always be ruled, you'll just never get anything done.

PBS:

In Maryland, six-term incumbent Al Wynn is facing a tough challenge from newcomer Donna Edwards. According to Edwards, Wynn has sold out to big business and the Bush agenda, including a vote for the war in Iraq and the 2005 energy bill. Wynn says his challenger is naïve and doesn't understand that there are choices in politics between compromise and doing nothing.

Fueling candidates like Edwards are the foot soldiers of the progressive battle—bloggers and other political outsiders like Matt Stoller of OpenLeft.com who are drumming up national support on the Internet.

Our Blue America and netroots fundraising campaign for Donna Edwards is rocking and so is she!

Howie Klein:

"This is a great week for Blue America-endorsed progressive Democrat Donna Edwards (MD-04) and the Maryland chapter of the Sierra Club just capped it off by bestowing their 2007 Conservationist of the Year Award on her."

Open Left: 

"Progressive Maryland endorsed Donna Edwards. today  This is a fairly big deal, as Progressive Maryland is a grassroots group that spearheaded a successful living wage campaign.  It has 15,000 members in the state, and imagine this is a sign that that Al Wynn's opposition to the living wage and Donna's advocacy for progressive causes is going to factor into the election. "

We're trying to raise over 100,000 for Donna so if you can---please donate...

  We're doing very well with our Blue America fundraising campaign for Donna Edwards against the Bush Dog Al Wynn.  832 donors and $31,858 for Donna since yesterday...Color of Change, the group that helped push the Jena 6 story into the light has joined in:

Matt Stoller:  "ColorOfChange.org, the group behind much of the Jena 6 protests, has gone out with an email supporting Donna Edwards.  ColorOfChange.org has gone up against the CBC most recently when the group led the protest against the CBC-Fox News debate.  Al Wynn, of course, was one of 24 signers of a letter encouraging the Presidential candidates to debate on Fox News.

Dear XYZ,

For years we've had a problem: Black politicians who claim to represent us but undermine our interests. Today, we're taking a step towards fixing it.

Congressman Al Wynn from Maryland's 4th district is a perfect example of the lack of accountability that's hurting our community. He has consistently voted against the interests of his Black constituents, siding with the big business and other special interests that foot the bill for his campaigns. 1,2

His opponent in the primary, Donna Edwards, is exactly what we need in Washington. She has an excellent record of activism and has been a powerful advocate for policies that will help the Black community, especially low-income Black folks. 3...read on

We have a special ActBlue page and we’re trying to raise $100,000 by Saturday. Can you help?