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A Campaign. An Idea. A New Political ParadigmDear Friend,
I want to thank you for all your help and support. Unfortunately, we came up short tonight, but that was not a reflection on your efforts.
Two months ago, I launched this campaign because I was greatly concerned with the growing economic contraction and the impact it was having on working Americans. I wanted, as my former law-partner Leon Depres said, simply to make politics my law practice.
I am astounded at what we've accomplished in just two short months. We raised over $325,000, put together an operation that reached thousands with phone calls and knocked doors. You made a relatively unknown labor lawyer a contender. [more]
PDA Wishes You Were HereElection Day TODAY: Make Calls for Tom Geoghegan TODAY!
Published by The Nation.
"This is an election that is trying to set a paradigm for a progressive politics, post-meltdown candidacy," says Tom Geoghegan as braves lake-effect snow and diving temperatures in the frenzied finish to the most unlikely of congressional campaigns.
This talk of "paradigms" and "post-meltdown politics" reveals Geoghegan for who he is, an author and public intellectual who has spent a lifetime peddling ideas. And it begs the question: Has our politics changed enough to choose not just a new member of Congress but a new way of thinking about what progressivism advocates, about what Democrats should propose, about what Washington can do for America?
While a lot of Democrats are still busy complaining about George Bush, and a lot more are absorbed by the work of cleaning up the mess that the former president left behind when he helicoptered out of Washington, Geoghegan is knocking on the doors of bungalows and telling retirees they need a raise. This candidate is not proposing to "save Social Security," he wants to expand it -- providing recipients with a raise and creating a real national pension program. [more]
There was a little snow, and the temperature was in the 20s, but PDAers Tim Carpenter, Lorin Klugman, Steve Cobble and Bill Bianchi were out doing visibility for Tom Geoghegan at Wrigley Field Friday afternoon. They wish you could be there with them...Tom Geoghegan Is the Healthcare Candidate
Tom is running for the House seat vacated by Rahm Emanuel, in IL-5, and Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, is actually in the district. The special election is next Tuesday, March 3rd, so the PDAers were helping with the last-minute GOTV push.
Even if you can't be in Chicago this weekend, you can still help. PDAers are volunteering to make thousands of phone calls, from all over the country, in order to help turn out the vote. If you want to help, here's the link Tom4Congress@pdamerica.org that will help you do it. It's easy! [more]
Wherein I Break One of My RulesPrimary election day is March 3--can you spare an hour or two for single-payer healthcare? Make calls into Tom's district!
Published by The Atlantic.
For reasons explained several times in the past six weeks (here, here, and here), I really hope my long-time friend Tom Geoghegan can win next month's special election for the Congressional seat from the Fifth District of Illinois. This is no slight on any of the other candidates in the race. I know very little about them or the politics of the district. But I know enough about Geoghegan, based on decades of friendship starting when we were teenagers, to be 100% sure that he would bring an unusual level of honesty, intelligence, humor, and again honesty to national politics. I am saying honesty twice because I mean both the personal-probity and the plain-speaking variety. [more]
Geoghegan Receives PDA National EndorsementWe can push Tom Geoghegan over the top in the March 3 primary! Make calls this weekend for Tom.
Published by Salon.com.For a lot of reasons I never endorse candidates, but I'm backing Tom Geoghegan for Rahm Emanuel's old House seat in Chicago.
As a rule I don't endorse candidates for public office--partly out of a habit formed under the rules of legacy journalism, and partly because my general preferences ought to be clear enough for anyone who cares. For me, it's a good rule. But then someone like Tom Geoghegan runs for Congress, and suddenly it looks like a rule that needs to be broken, or at least bent. [more]
Tom Geoghegan received the national endorsement of Progressives Democrats of America in his bid to replace Rahm Emanuel in the vacated 5th Congressional District seat in Illinois. Learn more at Geoghegan for Congress.com. Following the endorsement of the PDA IL CD 5 Chapter on Monday, February 9, PDA members across the country were encouraged to vote in the poll, which closed at midnight last night.
Geoghegan won the endorsement with 99% of votes--Geoghegan, it appears, is the real deal. Thomas Frank of the Wall Street Journal called Geoghegan “a true reformer.” The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg said Geoghegan is “change we can believe in.” And, Kathy Pollit of The Nation called Geoghegan, “the next Paul Wellstone.”
Geoghegan faces serious challengers in this election, which takes place March 3. Early voting begins on Monday, February 16. PDA IL chapters are already working phones and canvassing neighborhoods. [more]
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