House surprises....
Nov. 7th, 2012 07:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osodecanelaOK, so I'm a progressive Democrat. No real surprise there. Was a Green. Got tired of not being able to vote in primaries.
I've always thought that all politics was local, and I never donated money or time outside my community. Then Prop 8 happened and money and effort from outside California swayed the election here and, well y'all know the rest of that story to date.
Ever since I look outside my 'box' and when appropriate and I have the funds, I send money. This year it went to Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Baldwin, Claire McCaskill, Allan Grayson, Raul Ruiz and Ami Bera. Not a lot of money, but some. I wish I could have afforded more. Well the first 4 all won their races. The last two are hopefuls, waiting for the final tallies.
Raul Ruiz is an ER doc who ran against Mary Bono Mack. I didn't think he had a chance, but as of now he's ahead by something like 4500 votes. She's refused to concede until everything is counted from mail-in and provisional ballots, and who knows, may even request a recount. Why not? It's only the government's money. Allan West already has requested a recount. He's something like 2500 votes behind.
For those of you who don't know him, he's the far right, African-American tea partier freshman congressman, whom I will be delighted to see out of congress. Mary Bono is not much better.
Ami Bera is also ahead, by a mere 184 votes in a race to unseat uber conservative Dan Lundgren. Lundgren was a 2 term Atty. General, who then went on to 5 terms as a congressman. He's had support from the likes of the Newtster. Again Bera is also a progressive Democrat, an MD, former Sac'to County Chief Health Officer and a former dean from UC/Davis Med School. Bera just ran thru his funds trying to get elected, and is now facing what's likely to end up as a recount. He's begging for more political funding, so I just sent a little more cash.
Anybody else out there feel flush? Google Ami Bera for Congress.
I've always thought that all politics was local, and I never donated money or time outside my community. Then Prop 8 happened and money and effort from outside California swayed the election here and, well y'all know the rest of that story to date.
Ever since I look outside my 'box' and when appropriate and I have the funds, I send money. This year it went to Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Baldwin, Claire McCaskill, Allan Grayson, Raul Ruiz and Ami Bera. Not a lot of money, but some. I wish I could have afforded more. Well the first 4 all won their races. The last two are hopefuls, waiting for the final tallies.
Raul Ruiz is an ER doc who ran against Mary Bono Mack. I didn't think he had a chance, but as of now he's ahead by something like 4500 votes. She's refused to concede until everything is counted from mail-in and provisional ballots, and who knows, may even request a recount. Why not? It's only the government's money. Allan West already has requested a recount. He's something like 2500 votes behind.
For those of you who don't know him, he's the far right, African-American tea partier freshman congressman, whom I will be delighted to see out of congress. Mary Bono is not much better.
Ami Bera is also ahead, by a mere 184 votes in a race to unseat uber conservative Dan Lundgren. Lundgren was a 2 term Atty. General, who then went on to 5 terms as a congressman. He's had support from the likes of the Newtster. Again Bera is also a progressive Democrat, an MD, former Sac'to County Chief Health Officer and a former dean from UC/Davis Med School. Bera just ran thru his funds trying to get elected, and is now facing what's likely to end up as a recount. He's begging for more political funding, so I just sent a little more cash.
Anybody else out there feel flush? Google Ami Bera for Congress.
