by digby
John Amato has an announcement:
I’ve been thinking about running against Jane Harman for a long time. I’ve had reporters quiz me on it and many readers ask me to run, but I’ve decided not take part in 2010’s Congressional election in my home district of CA-36.
There a few reasons why I’ve taken this path. I think I can do more good for my country and the state of California by concentrating on CrooksandLiars in these troubling times and continue my work for Blue America PAC as the 2010 election comes upon us.
David Neiwert, C&L’s Managing Editor and I are putting the finishing touches on our new book we have just about finished titled Over the Cliff, which will require time to promote it, but there is also another important reason which made it so much easier for me to drop out of consideration for the upcoming election: The fact is we have a great progressive candidate already in the race and her name is Marcy Winograd.
She’s taking the fight once again to the Blue Dog in our district and I’m putting my full support behind her campaign as she moves forward in 2010. Marcy stands for progressives and since she lives in a progressive district, I’m confident she will fight in ongress for those principles and represent her constituents without compromising as we’ve seen Jane Harman do so many times before. So please join me in supporting Marcy Winograd for California’s 36th District.
I’ve met Marcy. Her district is right next door to mine. She’s a stalwart progressive in every sense of the word. She is Blue America’s first endorsement for the 2010 cycle and there couldn’t be a more worthy candidate.
The contrast between her and Jane Harman is pretty stark. Let’s put it this way: if the Republicans take back the government, Marcy Winograd will not call whistleblowers who report about illegal spying “despicable” and neither will she be caught on tape herself by the illegal wiretappers, making deals with foreign lobbyists. She won’t vote for every military appropriation known to man. She won’t join the Blue Dogs, (and they wouldn’t have her.) And she most definitely will never, ever, proudly call herself the “best Republican in the Democratic party.”
One thing you should know: Marcy, unlike her opponent, is not the second richest person in the congress and neither is she a protector of corporations. She’ll need to finance her campaign with money from average citizens — and she wouldn’t have it any other way. If you can donate to her campaign, she will be very grateful.
If you’d like to meet her, she will be holding a live chat today with Howie and John over at Crooks and Liars at 10:00AM pst.
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