Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has already raised $200,000 from her "PAC For a Change," and she wants to raise more for great Democrats around the country. What's cool about this is that YOU get to decide which lucky candidate gets a fundraising e-mail to Sen. Boxer's mailing list. Of course, there are many worthy Democratic candidates out there, and I hope they all win. However, the candidate I particularly care about is Jim Webb, so I am urging you to go vote for him now right now.Why Jim Webb? As Boxer says on her website:
Republican Sen. George Allen had planned on spending the year raising money for a 2008 presidential bid, but he now faces a serious challenge in former Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb. Webb will draw on his lifetime of service to this nation in his challenge, and will fight to bring new leadership to the Senate that will protect the American values of freedom, opportunity, and fairness.
In addition, I'm going to quote my friend and fellow Draft James Webb founder, Josh Chernila. The following is taken from something Josh wrote yesterday in a letter to the Huffington Post:
Jim Webb was one of the lonely voices speaking out against the Iraq War as the Bush/Cheney machine lied to push us into the nation's greatest strategic blunder.I read every day another post...[about] how Democrats aren't standing up to Bush, or how Democrats are missing the boat on Iraq.
Jim Webb is taking the fight to the Republicans like no other candidate will or can. When Jim Webb defeats George Felix Allen Jr. he will be the sixth seat necessary for a Democratic takeover of the US Senate. Moreover, Webb's leadership will allow Democrats nationwide to take up the call against the war in a way that they haven't been able to until Webb entered the public arena.
Make no mistake. Jim Webb is the real deal, an authentic War Hero, Independent Thinker, and Fearless Speaker who will Turn Virginia Blue and help take back our country from the GeorgeBushAllen right wingers.
No offense to any other candidate running this year, but the big story in 2006 is in Virginia. The big story in 2006 is the netroots. The big story in 2006 is populism. And the big story in 2006 is Jim Webb.
To defeat GeorgeBushAllen, the reality is that Jim Webb needs a lot of money. Millions of dollars. Please help Webb raise what he needs to counter the lies and slanders of GeorgeBushAllen, Dick "Mini Rove" Wadhams, Scott "Hitler Ads" Howell, Mary "Cheney" Matalin, etc. Please help by voting for Jim Webb in Sen. Boxer's poll. Thank you.
[UPDATE/CLARIFICATION: Sen. Boxer's last email for Maria Cantwell raised over $50k. Her email for Bill Nelson raised $70k. The $200k number is what Sen. Boxer has already raised for other candidates with her PAC email list.]
show me another middle name :-)