Tag: Blue America

Blue America’s new Campaign For Health Care Choice: Targeting Blanche Lincoln on the Public Option

As you've probably noticed, I've been very upset with the way the health-care debate is headed. Kathleen Sibelius did a good job defending the publi

Alan Grayson, a real maverick, takes on the lack of vacation time and the Fed

Blue American’s Alan Grayson has been a maverick -- I mean the real kind -- since he was elected to Congress when nobody said he had a chance to win

Republicans target Alan Grayson (D-FL) for his strong progressive voice

It's no coincidence that Republicans are going all out to target first term Orlando Democrat Alan Grayson. Grayson's defeat of entrenched rubber sta

C&L Welcomes Blogger Judd Legum, Running For The Maryland General Assembly

Judd was one of the first bloggers whose work I admired when I discovered there were actually other political bloggers. A few weeks ago he told me h

C&L Live Chat With Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

More than with many candidates Blue America supported for the U.S. Senate, it always seemed to us that with Jeff Merkley (D-OR) we were electing one

Blue America’s Gary Peters Exposes The Double Standard Working Families Face Compared To Wall Street profiteers

You supported him and we helped get him elected. It's nice to see a Blue America candidate take it to "the man." Yea, baby. He took it to "the man."

Alan Grayson: Is there any way to save the system other than showering taxpayer money on banks?

I love Alan Grayson. Blue America endorsed him when nobody thought he had a chance in hell to get elected. And he's taking the Hill by storm. If you

Dan Gelber (D-FL) For U.S. Senate

[Editor's note: Crooks and Liars is pleased to host a chat with Dan Gelber, the only progressive running for Florida's soon-to-be-open Senate seat.

What Obama’s non-ideological position means

Digby wrote a wonderful post based on EJ's Dionne's column about meeting with barack Obama the other day -- Obama Goes To China:

It has been my exper

C&L Chat: Please welcome netroots hero Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa

One of Blue America's earliest and most heartfelt successes came in 2006 when we helped Bruce Braley turn Iowa's first CD from red to blue. After a

Charlie Brown (CA-04) Needs Help With Tight Race

Charlie Brown has been one of Blue America's priority candidates for Congress for over 3 years now. We first got behind him when he was running an i

Darcy Burner finally succumbs to media hit job

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I'm too distraught to write about this.

So go read Jesse Wendel. He pretty much sums it up: This was a media hit job.

It wasn't jus

Blue America is