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Stalinism Inside The DCCC--Beware The Red To Blue Program
Obama and the Progressive Base
PDA Candidates: Our Thanks for a Job Well Done!
Battle of the Hawks
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Obama Is Right
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March 26, 2008--Today, the Des Moines chapter of Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) unanimously endorsed Ed Fallon in the Democratic primary in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District. The district includes the greater Des Moines metropolitan area, Oskallosa, Newton,and Ankeney--stretching south to Chariton and Albia and north to Vinton and Reinbeck.
“PDA's priorities are ending the Iraq war, universal health care, economic justice, global climate change, and clean, fair, transparent elections,” said chapter secretary Peg Smith. “Those are the issues Ed has been talking about for years and are the focus of his campaign, so it was an easy choice for us.”
Fallon is challenging incumbent Democratic Congressman Leonard Boswell, who is completing his sixth term in the House this year. Boswell is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of conservative Democrats who have often voted with Republicans to support President Bush's agenda on the war, the PATRIOT Act, bankruptcy reform, and other measures opposed by the majority of House Democrats.
PDA was founded in 2004 as a grassroots PAC to build a Democratic Party and government controlled by citizens, not corporate elites - with policies that serve the broad public interest, not just private interests. “Because Ed hasn't ever taken money from PACs or lobbyists, PDA won't be making a contribution to his congressional campaign,” Smith said, “but we will encourage our members to make individual contributions. We want to help give our next president a Democratic congressman who will support progressive, Democratic policies.”
PDA played a key role in the stunning electoral victory of November 2006 and is credited with helping insurgent candidate Donna Edwards defeat Democratic Rep. Al Wynn in Maryland's 4th Congressional District in February. Fallon received the endorsement last month of Democracy for America, another progressive Democratic organization that supported Donna Edwards.
Read Ed's responses to the candidate questionnaire.
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