FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, October 31, 2008
Rochester, NY
Eric Massa and Barack Obama Surging
On behalf of Healthcare NOT Warfare candidate
Eric Massa, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) mobilized members nation-wide to make get-out-the-vote phone calls into New York's 29th Congressional District. Massa earned the organization's endorsement in May, three month's after the launch of their Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign.
PDA's Genesee Valley chapter has been organizing events, mobilizing volunteers, and helping the Massa effort. With the email sent to members yesterday, PDA hopes to mobilize a legion of volunteers to staff the phones in an effort to ensure the election of both
Barack Obama and Eric Massa, along with other PDA-endorsed candidates. Massa rallied with N.Y. Senator Hillary Clinton Wednesday, October 29, at the Monroe Community College in Rochester N.Y. Clinton's appearance indicates the closeness and importance of this contest.
PDA National Director
Tim Carpenter said, "PDA endorsed Eric Massa because as a veteran and cancer survivor, he personifies the principles of the Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign--cut wasteful military spending to meet human needs at home, beginning with guaranteed healthcare for all. Eric demonstrates the courage and strong leadership we need as we face economic crisis, largely caused by two costly wars, while 47 million Americans lack access to healthcare.
Randy Kuhl clings to the failed politics of the past, blindly supporting Bush/Cheney policies. Voters in Rochester, Corning and the rest of the 29th District deserve better. They want change, and that's why they're supporting Eric Massa."
Rochester native and PDA national advisory board chairperson
Mimi Kennedy remarked, "PDA went on record supporting Eric early, and now we're seeing the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and other organizations helping as well."
Robin Wilt, PDA Genesee Valley chapter leader helped organize a
Healthcare NOT Welfare tour stop to rally progressives and healthcare voters in the district. On November 26, the tour made two stops in Rochester at the Veteran's Outreach Center and the First Unitarian Church of Rochester.
Wilt commented, "Eric Massa confronted his opponent in their one and only debate, stressing practical and smart solutions to the problems we're facing. He's a leader on healthcare. He knows we need a cost-efficient, patient-centered, privately-administered, publicly-funded system that covers all Americans, as proposed by Rep.
John Conyers."
Eric Massa has won endorsements from the media, labor and former military personnel including the New York State AFL-CIO and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Massa's former boss, General
Wesley Clark is strongly backing his candidacy.
For more information on PDA-endorsed candidates and other PDA efforts, please
click here.
Progressive Democrats of America is a grassroots PAC that works both inside the Democratic Party and outside in movements for peace and justice. Our goal: Elect a permanent, progressive majority in 2008. PDA's advisory board includes seven members of Congress and activist leaders such as Tom Hayden, Medea Benjamin, Thom Hartmann, Jim Hightower, and Rev. Lennox Yearwood.
For more information on PDA, please see:
http://pdamerica.org
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