Author: Howie Klein

Live Chat: Blue America Welcomes Beth Krom (D-CA)

This year the DCCC has decided to spend virtually all of its resources playing defense. They're not spending money on replacing out-of-step, obstr

Labor Unions strike back against Blanche Lincoln!

The Arkansas Democratic Senate runoff election between Bill Halter and Blanche Lincoln is a week from today. SEIU, which has been heavily involved sup

Blue America Welcomes Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH)

Blue America prefers not to endorse in primaries unless there is a clear case of one excellent progressive Democrat running against a conservative

Live Chat: Blue America Welcomes Joyce Elliott, the Real-Life Progressive in the Arkansas Runoff June 8

When moderate Democrat Vic Snyder decided to retire from Congress, half a dozen Democrats jumped into a race that was sure to pit one of them agai

Live Chat: Blue America is Proud To Welcome Utah Democrat Claudia Wright

Political punditry will never be the same if Claudia Wright is elected to Congress from Utah's sprawling second congressional district. The district

Roxanne Conlin– Is She The Democrat Most Likely To Paint A Red Seat Blue In 2010?

The ideologically-based media and the corporately owned media have been diligent in painting a decidedly one-sided anti-Democratic picture going int

Jared Polis Has A National Security Threat To Address– Obesity

Even if you're not a TV aficionado you've probably gathered enough from the zeitgeist to know the story of Jamie Oliver, the Naked Chef, and Hunting

Fighting For Progressive Values: Blue America Adds Rep. Raul Grijalva

Leadership is nothing new for Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and a booming voice on behalf of working famil

Live Chat: Blue America Welcomes Back Marcy Winograd, CA-36

Marcy Winograd was Blue America's first endorsed challenger for 2010. That's because we were looking for a progressive leader, not someone who leans

New Blue America Contest– Isaac Hayes And The Blue Dogs

OK, I'll be completely straightforward about this-- I don't know what Isaac Hayes' political bent was. After all, he quit being Chef on South Park b

Reforming the Filibuster, with the Progressive Congress Action Fund Fellowship Program

No one has to tell you at this point that Republican obstructionism in the Senate is probably the biggest impediment to the ability of Congressional

Live chat with Justin Coussoule: Campaigning to prevent House Speaker John Boehner: UPDATED by Alan Grayson!

John Amato: I hope you'll join Blue America in donating what you feel you can to the Coussoule campaign.

The idea of tobacco lobbyist John Boehner

Blue America is