Of primary importance

I hope you can take the time to go to Down With Tyranny and read a remarkably good analysis of some primary races which deserve your attention and support.

1. In San Diego, Democrat Francine Busby is in a special election run-off to replace "Duke" Cunningham, who is currently inspecting conditions within California's penal system. Under normal circumstances, a Democrat has no chance to win in this district. But these circumstances are not normal. We must stop the Republicans from replacing the Duke with someone just as bad.

Momentum is clearly on Francine's side. But with the national GOP pouring money into the district Francine needs volunteers and donations. Help if you can. A win here, in the heart of Wingnutia, would be a great way to help build momentum going into the November midterms. In fact, the first 50 people who donate today (any amount) through the ACT BLUE Page, will get a free CD mailed to them courtesy of FDL and DWT.

(Emphasis added.) Didja see that? Free stuff, folks...!

2. In Northern California, the primary battle will decided which Democrat must face a Republican lout named Richard Pombo -- "the man who would like nothing better than to sell the national parks in order to give bigger tax cuts to the wealthy business interests who have underwritten his political (and financial) rise." The Dems are Jerry McNerney and Steve Filson. I haven't studied the race personally, but DWT has, and McNerney definitely seems to be the better choice.

In 2004, in response to the urging of his son Michael, who had enlisted in the Air Force after 9/11, Jerry entered the race for Congress as a write-in candidate because the Democratic Party had written-off the district as too difficult to bother wasting money on. Out of NOWHERE, Jerry received nearly 104,000 votes in the general election, the most votes ever received by a challenger to the execrable Pombo.

Despite this, and despite the endorsements he has recieved from labor, the national Dem powers-that-be seem to mistrust the McNerney's populist appeal.

This is ground zero for the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party. Visit Jerry's website, think about how important it is to stop the bosses so that we don't let the People's party be turned into just another subsidiary of Corporate America. And you know what? The same offer I made above about a free CD for the first 50 people who contribute to Francine goes for Jerry too. And then we take on Pombo...and make America a better place to live.