Blue America ’12
The Blue America PAC was founded in time for the 2006 midterm elections, in which a host of progressive candidates were elected, including candidates backed by Blue America, from John Hall (NY), Paul Hodes (NH), Joe Sestak (PA) and Bruce Braley (IA) to current senators Ben Cardin (MD), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Jon Tester (MT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (NY). Our top pick in 2006, Donna Edwards, was defeated but went on to win in 2008, and was reelected in 2010. Many of our candidates from 2006 and 2008 were defeated for reelection in the tsunami of 2010 when voters told Democrats to get their act together and differentiate themselves from Republicans by standing up for working families. The voters helped them along that path by defeating more than two dozen conservative Blue Dogs, over half of their aisle-crossing caucus. Unfortunately excellent Blue America-backed incumbents like Alan Grayson, Carol Shea-Porter, John Hall, Mark Schauer and Mary Jo Kilroy were swept up in the wave. In this cycle we'll be using what we've learned since 2006 to help more progressives to overcome the massive financial advantage corporately backed conservatives always have over candidates who fight for ordinary families instead of special interests. The beginning of the process is to help recruit solid progressives in a slew of races where Republicans narrowly managed to get into office in the midst of a national discontent that wasn't kind to Democratic incumbents. You'll be able to keep abreast of developments along these lines at the three blogs that work together to keep this PAC going, Crooks and Liars , Digby's Hullabaloo and DownWithTyranny . Blue America doesn't work in safe districts where our help isn't needed. We look for tough races where a little encouragement, some financial help and some advice could go a long way, especially with candidates unlikely to get much help from the DCCC or the DSCC. Blue America ’12 has raised $45683.98 from 1011 donors. Donate: $ (amount distributed equally among all candidates) Your Total Donation $0.00
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