So What's Wrong With Ed Case? Is He Really Worse Than Joe Lieberman? ...Tom...
Thursday, when Hawaii's stellar progressive congresswoman, Mazie Hirono, announced her intention to run for the seat being vacated by her friend and ally Daniel Akaka, we dashed off a quick post that...
View ArticleKrugman Reiterates: Ryan Is A Flimflam Man
Yes, this morning Krugman brought back his classic description of Ryan from August, 2010: The Flimflam Man. Back then he was mortified that Beltway pundits had bought the Wall Street spin that Ryan was...
View ArticleBlue America Welcomes Wisconsin Heroes Sandy Pasch & Chris Larson
You'd have to be living under a rock not to know there's a battle in Wisconsin that's crucial for the whole progressive movement and for the future of our country. That's why Blue America started a new...
View ArticleIlya Sheyman For Illinois-- A Green Day Signed Guitar For You?
Looking for the silver lining in the passage of the Boehner debt ceiling bill?There is none.But there are some bright spots we can look to amid the current Tea Party madness. That's what Blue America...
View ArticleJohn Waltz At Blue America Today
You know what I love for Blue America? When we find a perfect candidate and he or she is running against a perfect villain. Michigan's 6th district offers us just that combination this cycle and I want...
View ArticleSneak Attack In Iowa
Our friends in Iowa need help-- and they need it badly. Progressive Kick sounded the alarm today:The Republicans have mounted a sneak attack-- trying to send Iowa down the same terrible road as...
View ArticleChris Donovan Is Doing In Connecticut What We Need Congress To Do In DC
The last paragraph of this post has an opportunity to win a rare, fully autographed Van Halen poster. But first, the important part:As Congress (more on them below) remains stuck in neutral on a jobs...
View ArticleGuest Post From Franke Wilmer (D-MT)
Earlier today at Down With Tyranny, we ran a post about the Montana congressional race. Perhaps looking for an excuse to not spend her entire day doing call time, the progressive candidate in the race,...
View ArticleFred Upton Has To Decide-- Is He More Incompetent Or More Corrupt?
For all I can I can tell, economist and author David Korten may have never heard of Michigan plutocrat Fred Upton. I haven't noticed that he's mentioned Upton in his newest book, Agenda For A New...
View ArticleBlue America Welcomes Back Our Old Friend Ann Kuster
Ann Kuster is running in New Hampshire and her campaign is financed by actual people, not Romney people, not corporate special interests looking for government handouts,
View ArticleEd Potosnak Wants YOU To Pick A Pro-Environment Candidate He Should Give His...
As you may have read by now, New Jersey progressive candidate Ed Potosnak withdrew his challenge to Leonard Lance yesterday to take a job as the executive director of the New Jersey League of...
View ArticlePennsylvania Has A Candidate From The Democratic Wing Of The Democratic...
In the 2010 cycle Blue America backed Sheila Dow-Ford against reactionary Pennsylvania Blue Dog Tim Holden. 2010 was a conservative year and Holden won. Since then, he has voted (on crucial roll calls)...
View ArticleBlue America Welcomes Back An Old Friend: Darcy Burner
At 11am PT today, Darcy will be over at Digby's Hullabaloo to talk with Digby about fixing Congress and answer questions from readers about her run for Congress. Back in 2006, when Blue America was...
View ArticleIn Albuquerque There's Just One Progressive Democrat We Can Count On To Fight...
In the race for Congress in New Mexico’s open blue First CD, only one candidate stands out as a true progressive fighter for the 99%: Eric Griego. That's why he was one of the first candidates anywhere...
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