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Emergency: Save the Senate …video of Angle

10/13/2010 Nativegrl77

Republicans are now within reach of taking over the Senate. It’s likely to come down to just three races that are tied and where MoveOn members can make the difference. This is a true emergency—please make a contribution immediately, before tonight’s fundraising deadline.

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There’s no point in sugarcoating this: If the election were held today, Republicans and their corporate benefactors would gain control of the House—and quite possibly the Senate.

That’s the nightmare scenario. It would spell an end to any hope of progress in the next two years—and quite possibly to Obama’s presidency.

But there are three key races that Republicans would have to win to take the Senate, and all are tied. Meaning, they’re close enough for us to tip the balance. We need to help these Democratic candidates raise enough money to get their message out—despite all the corporate ads targeting them—and run serious get-out-the-vote efforts.

This is a true emergency: We must stop the Republicans from taking over the Senate. There’s a critical fundraising deadline at midnight tonight. Please, make the most generous contribution you can afford, immediately:

https://pol.moveon.org/give/savethesenate.html?aa=5&id=24154-17809870-5a3ALlx&t=3

Here are the three progressive candidates in tight races who need our help right now:

We’re adding Alexi Giannoulias in Illinois to our Progressive Heroes list today because he’s locked in a tight race for President Obama’s old Senate seat, and because he’s running a populist campaign focused on taking on the corporate special interests and cleaning up Washington, D.C. This is the closest race in the country: Every poll in this race for the past two months has been tied.

Sen. Patty Murray

is the highest-ranking Democratic woman in the Senate. She supported the public option and the fight for clean energy jobs, and has worked with other pro-choice Democratic women senators to eliminate egregious gender disparities in insurance coverage. Her Republican challenger significantly out-raised her in the last three months, and Murray needs our help to win.

And Sen. Harry Reid in Nevada is facing Sharron Angle, the tea party fanatic who wants to “phase out” Social Security and Medicare, withdraw from the United Nations, and abolish the Department of Education.¹The latest polls show her tied—or even slightly ahead, and just yesterday her campaign announced that they’ve raised a record-breaking $14 million in the past three months.²

Can you chip in to these candidates’ campaigns and help stop the takeover?

https://pol.moveon.org/give/savethesenate.html?aa=5&id=24154-17809870-5a3ALlx&t=4

Thanks for all you do.

–Michael, Joan, Anna, Adam, and the rest of the team

1. “Sharron Angle says eliminate Social Security,” Progress Now Nevada, June 8, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4A6AIOwZGg

“Reid, in Fistfight, Could Take More Punches From Climate Bill,” Climate Wire, May 26, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=91813&id=&t=5&id=24154-17809870-5a3ALlx&t=5

“Sharron Angle wants to eliminate federal Department of Education,” MyNews4, September 8, 2010
http://www.mynews4.com/story.php?id=27445&n=122

2. “Angle raises $14.3 million,” The Washington Post, October 12, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=92142&id=24154-17809870-5a3ALlx&t=6

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Palin for Congress? a message from Paul Begala

10/13/2010 Nativegrl77

Make no mistake about it, Sarah Palin is basically running for Congress this year.

Her name might not appear on any ballot but Palin-endorsed Republican clones are running and many of them are in too-close-to-call races, which makes things a little too close for comfort!

The latest outrage is that the US Chamber of Commerce — a multimillion-dollar corporate lobbying machine — broadcast the HOME PHONE NUMBER of one of our Democratic candidates. The candidate’s daughters couldn’t use the phone anymore because of what her spokesperson called, “harassment and abuse.”

How’s that for family values?

Meanwhile, Ms. Palin is raising money and motivating her base. She probably thinks she can see a Republican majority from her front porch.

You can turn Ms. Palin’s vision into a Wasilla mirage. The DCCC’s October Rapid Response Fund ads are already making a difference and their impressive get out the voter efforts have mobilized thousands of volunteers. But my friends at the DCCC need your urgent support to hit their goal of $500,000 before Friday’s deadline to wire urgently-needed money to Democratic campaigns.

Contribute $5, $10 or more to the October Rapid Response Fund before Friday’s midnight deadline. Your generous support is urgently needed to help Democrats defeat Sarah Palin-backed candidates in make-or-break districts.

This is no longer your father’s Republican Party. I’ve been through a lot of elections, but I have never seen a group of Republican candidates as far-right as this group of Palin’s recruits.

The DCCC is just $242,226 away from their Rapid Response goal for this Friday’s Midnight Deadline. They have Rapid Response ads ready to go up in every battleground district where a Palin protege is running so Democrats can hit back hard against their Palin-esque tall tales.

Every dollar you give can be the difference between victory for one of these Palin Republicans or their defeat.

Paul Begala

P.S. The DCCC is just $242,226 away from their Rapid Response goal to fund ads in every battleground district where a Palin protege is running. Contribute before Friday at Midnight to help Democrats defeat Sarah Palin-backed candidates in make-or-break districts.

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Mayor to Angle: Come to Dearborn (via Anderson Cooper 360)

10/12/2010 Nativegrl77

Martina Stewart AC360° Digital Producer Editor’s Note: Watch Anderson’s interview with Dearborn Mayor John O’Reilly. (CNN) – Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle will soon receive a personal invitation to visit Dearborn, Michigan – and a bit of the history lesson in the process. Last week at a rally of Tea Party movement supporters, Angle said Dearborn and Frankford, Texas are subject to Sharia, or Islamic law. “We’re talking about a militan … Read More

via Anderson Cooper 360

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CNN Hero: ‘We have to fight against this crime and protect the children from this.’ (via Anderson Cooper 360)

10/12/2010 Nativegrl77

Anuradha Koirala is fighting to prevent the trafficking and sexual exploitation of Nepal’s women and girls.”] Programming Note: CNN Heroes received more than ten thousand nominations from 100 countries. A Blue Ribbon Panel selected the Top 10 CNN Heroes for the year. Voting for the CNN Hero of the Year continues through November 18th (6am ET) at C … Read More

via Anderson Cooper 360

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Heroes

10/12/2010 Nativegrl77

When you hear the cough of someone in New York caused by toxic dust from September 11, everyone knows it. These are the people that rushed to the scene to help any way they could, and because of their heroic actions, too many of them are now sick or even dying.

After political back-and-forth, we finally passed a bill in the House to pay for the healthcare these people need. Now we need the Senate to do the same thing. We have an obligation to step up for these Americans the way they stepped up for us.

I’m asking you to do one thing: sign my petition to put pressure on the Senate to pass our House bill quickly. We can’t let first responders go another day without the healthcare they deserve.

Click here to tell the Senate to swiftly pass our bill to fund healthcare for September 11 first responders. We made a commitment that we would never forget that horrific day nine years ago, and this is how we can show them we have not.

The House’s passage was a long-awaited first step towards getting heroic Americans the care and support they undeniably deserve. Now, we need to make sure it sees the light of day in the Senate.

We’ve seen the Senate become a final resting place for too many good bills recently, and we need to band together to make sure this bill becomes law.

Click here to send a clear message to your senators: if you’re a politician who stands up each year in remembrance of September 11, now is the time to follow through on your word. First responders are counting on us in the same way we counted on them.

After nearly a decade passed, the House did the right thing — but it’s not enough. We need the Senate to pass this crucial legislation to provide treatment to over 71,000 people exposed to dangerous toxins on the scene.

Thanks,
Anthony