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By Kenneth Quinnell - Jul 21st, 2008 at 10:53 pm EDT

In our fundraising efforts to attend the Democratic Convention in August, we've decided to focus on a small donor campaign. We figured out that it'll take us 240 people contributing $25 each for us to reach what we need to go to Denver and provide you with the best convention coverage in America. So far, we have the equivalent of 60 ($1500), leaving us 180 to go. Anyone reading this should be able to donate $25 to help us get there.

(BTW, if you want a preview of our Denver coverage, check out our Netroots Nation 2008 Coverage).

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198 Small Donors to Go

By Kenneth Quinnell - Jul 15th, 2008 at 9:36 am EDT

In our fundraising efforts to attend the Democratic Convention in August, we've decided to focus on a small donor campaign. We figured out that it'll take us 240 people contributing $25 each for us to reach what we need to go to Denver and provide you with the best convention coverage in America. So far, we have the equivalent of 42 ($1050), leaving us 198 to go. Anyone reading this should be able to donate $25 to help us get there.

Go to PayPal and donate through our Florida Progressive Coalition account (quinnelk@gmail.com), or you can write a check to Florida Progressive Coalition and send it to me:

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Jay McGovern (FL-4) Strong Challenger in a Red District

By Kenneth Quinnell - Jun 26th, 2008 at 11:11 am EDT

One of the key things that we should start to do as activists is expand our playing field when it comes to thinking of elections. Howard Dean's 50-state strategy and Barack Obama's commitment to fighting in every state and territory have produced results that show us this approach is one that can lead to positive change. It can give candidates a chance to win who might not otherwise do so, it can send a message to Republicans that places they have assumed are theirs by birthright must be earned and it can sap Republican resources and make them spread their spending and activity to places they usually wouldn't bother to worry about.

A first step we can take down this road is to support good candidates in supposedly red districts. Frequently this will mean spending money outside your own congressional district. If we only focus on our own districts, we'll never be in the majority, we need to work together to change the state, not just our own backyard. And the more candidates we help and the more candidates we help win, the more our congressional delegation will owe progressives when it comes time for them to vote on things like the recent FISA/telco immunity fiasco. Like it or not, politics works on the you-scratch-my-back-I'll-scratch-yours level a lot of the time. If we scratch their backs with our votes, our voices and our checkbooks, they'll have to scratch ours.

At the recent Jefferson-Jackson fundraiser in Hollywood, I met a candidate in this exact situation. Read More »

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The Countdown for 6/20 on Florida Progressive Radio

By Kenneth Quinnell - Jun 20th, 2008 at 1:13 pm EDT

Our daily radio show begins today at 2:00. Today's show is a the Countdown, where Susan and I recap the Top 5 political stories of the past week. We'll talk about Obama’s lead in Florida, Crist’s flip-flop, the new Florida budget, Crist and voter disenfranchisement and the Hate Amendment and voter fraud.

Go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fpc to listen to the show. If you are interested, you can call in at (646) 716-7543. This is not a toll free call, so make sure you check your calling plan.

If you miss the show today, it will be archived on the web site and you can listen to it later as streaming audio or download it as an mp3. I hope you enjoy...

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Amendment 2 Proponets Tell Supporters To Break the Law

By Kenneth Quinnell - Jun 16th, 2008 at 10:30 pm EDT

I'm loathe to include the video or the link, lest we give them more traffic, but this video seems to be a direct request by religious right nutjob Mat Staver to Floridians to break the law:

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Staver actually wrote Amendment 2 and is pushing the for people to sign petitionsnot just once, but twice:

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Responsible Plan Endorsee Larry Byrnes (FL-14) Needs Your Help

By Kenneth Quinnell - Jun 9th, 2008 at 11:36 pm EDT

Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress District FL-14, Larry Byrnes is challenging an unfair and undemocratic ruling that has kept him off the ballot for this August.

The Republican-controlled Florida Division of Elections (which you may remember from its recent appearance in the movie Recount) has determined that Byrnes will be a write-in candidate in August, defying the will of the people and the intent of the law. Laws like the one used to keep Byrnes off the ballot are meant to prevent voter fraud and to help ensure that the will of the people is reflected at election time.

On April 15, 2008, Byrnes received a letter telling him that he had qualified as a candidate in the upcoming election. They didn't tell him that he needed anything further. He later noticed that his name was not appearing on the elections website. He called the division and learned that he had not submitted a required notarized loyalty oath, which was required to be submitted the following day. He sent it by overnight courier and it arrived by the deadline. After the deadline, he was told that he had submitted the wrong loyalty oath. He had inadvertently signed the loyalty oath for a write-in candidate, not a Democrat.

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Round 2 Voting Now Open

By Kenneth Quinnell - Jun 2nd, 2008 at 1:03 am EDT

Okay, several categories are close enough that we need you to vote in them one more time. We've dropped off the lower vote-getters and just narrowed it down to the top three in each category. The vote totals are currently reset at zero for each of these categories and this is the last vote. From now until Sunday, June 8 at midnight, votes will be taken in the following categories. Go here to vote: Read More »

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A moment of your time

By Keep it democrat and watch the trolls while Im gone! I'll be back to celebrate in November!!!!!! - May 30th, 2008 at 10:33 pm EDT

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I am new to this site, I dont really know the in's and the outs but I really wanted to try and get the word out about democratic congressional candidates. I thought I could do one a day. So... Here is my first, his name is Rob Hubler and he is running against Republican Steven King in the Fifth district in Iowa, here is some information and a link to his site, get a hold of me, or his campaign if you want to help. I have no affilation with this campaign but am very hopeful that he can win. http://www.hublercongress.com/home.html Read More »

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Netroots Awards -- First Round Voting Now Open

By Kenneth Quinnell - May 26th, 2008 at 7:36 pm EDT

I wanted to do a followup on the quick post earlier on the awards. If you are interested, you can go and vote now. In order to vote, you will have to provide your name, e-mail address and vote in, at a minimum, the required categories (those marked with a *). May the best bloggers and activists win!

Overall, 81 people made more than 220 nominations in 20 categories. You may vote any time between now and June 1st. At that point, if there are any categories that are too close to call, we'll have a second round of runoff voting. In the end, all the winners will be announced at the Netroots Conference which will take place at the Jefferson-Jackson Fundraiser Weekend in Hollywood on June 14. We'll also announce the winners on the blog after that.

Please vote and promote the awards as widely as possible so we can get as many votes as possible. Thanks.

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The Name's of The Fallen / Part 14 / Total Count as a today 5/25/2008 4082 Soliders are Dead / Names In Reverse order from: 4082 to 4055

By Percy H Florez - May 25th, 2008 at 9:22 pm EDT

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God Bless America

The Name's of The Fallen / Part 14 / Total Count as a today 5/25/2008 4082 Soliders are Dead / Names In Reverse order from: 4082 to 4055

4082 5/18/2008 Private Howard A Jones Jr (35) Chicago IL
4081 5/18/2008 Private Branden P Haunert (21) Cincinnati OH
4080 5/15/2008 Sergeant John K Daggett (21) Phoenix AZ
4079 5/14/2008 Staff Sergeant Victor M Cota (33) Tucson AZ
4078 5/11/2008 Corporal Jessica A Ellis (24) Bend OR
4077 5/10/2008 Sergeant Joseph A Ford (23) Knox IN
4076 5/9/2008 Specialist Mary J Jaenichen (20) Temecula CA
4075 5/6/2008 Private 1st Class Aaron J Ward (19) San jacinto CA
4074 5/6/2008 Specialist Alex D Gonzalez (21) Mision TX
4073 5/2/2008 Sergeant Glen E Martinez (31) Boulder CO
4072 5/2/2008 Corporal James F Kimple (21) Carroll OH
4071 5/2/2008 Corporal Miguel A Guzman (21) Norwalk CA
4070 5/2/2008 Lance Corporal Casey L Casanova (22) McComb MS
4069 5/2/2008 Private Corey L Hicks (22) Glendale AZ
4068 5/1/2008 Specialist Jeffrey F Nichols (21) Granite Shoals TX
4067 4/30/2008 Sergeant 1st Class Lawrence D Ezell (30) Portland TX
4066 4/30/2008 Staff Sergeant Chad A Caldwell (24) Spokane WA
4065 4/7/2007 Sergeant Jerry L DeLoach (45) Jackson GA
4064 4/30/2008 Specialist Ronald J Tucker (21) Fountain CO
4063 4/30/2008 Captain Andrew R Pearson (32) Billings MO
4062 4/29/2008 Staff Sergeant Bryan E Bolander (26) Bakersfield CA
4061 4/11/2008 Sergeant Merlin German (22) Manhattan NY
4060 4/29/2008 Staff Sergeant Clay A Craig (22) Mesquite TX
4059 4/28/2008 Sergeant Mark A Stone (22) Buchanan Dam TX
4058 4/28/2008 Sergeant Marcus C Mathes (26) Zephyrhills FL
4057 4/28/2008 Private 1st Class Adam L Marion (26) Mount Airy NC
4056 4/27/2008 Private 1st Class William T Dix (32) Culver City CA
4055 4/28/2008 Corporal David P McCormick (26) Fresno TX

Total Count as a today @ 8:59 PM 5/25/2008
More Information please viist our data base:
The Name's of the Fallen : Link
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Voting/Nominations Update

By Kenneth Quinnell - May 24th, 2008 at 5:33 pm EDT