DfA Rochester notes - 6/27/06
From the folks at Democracy for America, who have their noses to the ground when it comes to local progressive candidates…
- ‘Walsh may find his ‘06 race more of a battle’ (from the D&C, 6/25/06, h/t Dan thehepcat ) Even the D&C is sitting up and taking note of the Money quotes from the article, which is more of a he-said, she-said overview of the candidates than anything else:
- “[Walsh is] certainly concerned about me,” Maffei said. “His voting record does not match his constituents’” beliefs.
- “What I find unequivocally this year is that people are out shopping for a replacement for Walsh,” Capanna said.
- The National Journal magazine last week ranked the race as the 45th most competitive House contest in the country — the only one on the list from the Rochester area.
- Check out Sean Maloney’s website http://www.seanmaloney.com/ — it’s been redesigned. (h/t Tom J)
- Sign up to march with DfA in the Gay Pride Parade! I marched last year and it was fun watching the counter-protesters outnumbering the fundie protesters. I also enjoyed then County Lej candidate Ted Nixon engage a fundie with “You know how many times the bible mentions the poor?” I’d like to make a placard to carry with the words “What Jesus REALLY said about homosexuality:”, followed by a big picture of Jesus next to an empty speech balloon. (E.g., not one damn word. Come on Christians (and I’m one), let’s keep our eye on the ball, already!)
- DfA’s July Linkup (7/5) will be an interesting one. Eric Massa will be back with an exciting and encouraging update on his campaign and Joe Robach’s challenger Willa Powell will also speak. More info and RSVP here.
Well said.
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