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Edited on Thu May-11-06 09:54 PM by LynneSin
I live in Delaware and our sad story is that democrats have solid control of the governor position probably for the next 3 milliniums and they don't have the balls to actively go after the lone statewide republican - our only congressional representative Mike Castle. In a nutshell, Delaware ain't the hotbed of political activities.
In 2002 & 2004, even though I was in Delaware, I tried to get active with campaigns up in neighboring Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is only 30 minutes away and is the secret to winning statewide in Pennsylvania. Get high voter turnout in the city of Brother Love and you're winning Pennsylvania.
But things have changed in 2006. Gas is almost double what I paid even two years ago and volunteering for a Philly campaign usually means about $15-20 in parking garage fees. With gas at $3/gallon - making a trip every Saturday to Philly just became very costly.
However, right over the border in Chester County is part of PA-06 and a seat that was narrowly won by a man who received a ton of support from Tom Delay's PAC back in 2004. This year the same gal is running against Jim Gerlach again and that's Lois Murphy. Here's a very strong chance for use to not only pick up another democratic seat to help get those 15 much needed seats for majority BUT we could replace a Delay lachkey with another pro-choice democratic woman. So I've decided that I'm going to spend my Saturday's driving to Chester county where it's not as glamerous as a downtown democratic HQ overwhelmed with volunteers stuffed to the gills with donuts and caffeine but instead a smaller campaign where I believe we can make a difference in 2006.
So this is my challege to everyone here at DU - find a campaign where you know you can help make a difference and VOLUNTEER. Even if it's just 1 day a month, that day might just make the difference between a republican doing the same old crap or a democrat who will help bring change to this congress. I'm tired of the bullshit that democrats are just the same as republicans because it's just not true. Because, in my opinion the absolutely worst democrat elected in DC is still 1000% better than the absolutely best republican we could find. We will always have a few lunkers elected for our party but even those lunkers will still support the majority and help put amazing progressives into very important committee seats. And when you have the majority you can control the flow of legislation as it goes through congress. You can call for the important hearings needed to address corrupt issues. But if we don't have the majority then Bush is a lame duck and he can do whatever he wants, however he wants and there will be nothing to stop him since he doesn't have to every worry about an election ever again.
So find that campaign out there and VOLUNTEER. If it's not your congressional district, then maybe it's a neighboring one. Or perhaps if you aren't near any decent races then you'll make a donation to help out one. But please, I challege all DUers and especially those who are living here in the United States to get involved and make a difference. I know that I am!!
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