With Republicans threatening to destroy Obamacare again, I thought it would be a good time to do a little Senate fundraising.
Doug Jones in Alabama is a strong candidate. And Roy Moore is so off-his-rocker that he might be beatable. Jones hasn’t gotten much money from national sources yet (including not from DKos), so we can make a difference. You can give to his campaign here:
And how about some love for Beto O’Rourke, running against Ted Cruz? He’s that rare Democrat who inspires media mash notes (“looks more like a Kennedy than the Kennedys do”).
Arclite
TPM reports Trump agreed to a Dem plan to fund the government for 3 months and pass a 8B Harvey aid package. Message: work with Dems, get shit done.
Yutsano
Honestly I don’t think Jones has a chance with how oppressive Alabama voting laws are.
O’Rourke, though, has some promise. And Texas isn’t exactly enamoured with Tailgunner Ted.
TriassicSands
In a Red State isn’t that what you would say or write if you wanted a candidate to lose?
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
@TriassicSands: Sounds to me like a euphemism for “white, male, young, and attractive”. Typically vapid, superficial political reporting.
Alabama Blue Dot
Doug Jones has a better than even chance of winning here in the great state of Alabama. His work prosecuting the KKK is a big plus. He’s been strategic in grassroots campaigning and building an organization. The Democratic Party in Alabama is moribund but we have a lot of Democrats and people who will vote for a Democrat.
Doug!
@Alabama Blue Dot:
Honestly, he sounds like a good guy who put his ass on the line in a tough race. He deserves our support.
Lee
I think O’Rourke’s only chance is if the Republicans are so disgusted with Ted that they stay home. Which is not exactly that hard to imagine as it is easy to be disgusted by Ted.
But there is still a number of Republicans that still love everything Ted.
efgoldman
@Alabama Blue Dot:
I’ll believe it when I see it, and maybe not even then.
tobie
I’m torn about contributing to individual candidates this season. I’m really not in a position to judge which individual candidates have a chance of winning. Why don’t we have a pledge drive for the DSCC? Or for an organization working to register voters? The latter strikes me as the most important issue for Democrats.
ruemara
I’m in the minute I can get home and pay on my work machine. My green card expires in 2 years. This is all hands on deck time.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Damn, so Trump caved to the Democrats on the debt cealing, no wonder the Republicans are bringing Obama Care up again. Just like Trump with the petty revenge when they lose.
Mnemosyne
I’m not sure if the ad server figured out that I’m a woman or if it thinks I’m a gay man, but I’m getting a beach ad with a bunch of half-naked beefcake in it.
Not that I’m complaining, mind you. It just seems like an odd way to advertise for Israel.
(((CassandraLeo)))
@Mnemosyne: I’m neither and am getting the same advert. Then again, I use an androgynous nym and am of non-binary gender identity, so who knows if it’s factoring any of that into its algorithm, or if it even has one.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@Yutsano: Oh come on, The Stars are Right with Zodiac Ted.
Frankensteinbeck
@Enhanced Voting Techniques:
Has McConnell said anything? Last I heard, there were three hard ‘no’ votes for anything that cut Medicaid, none of those McCain.
Baud
@Alabama Blue Dot: That’s good to hear.
debbie
@Mnemosyne:
If you’re still around, enjoy Hamilton!
Fair Economist
I say support Jones in Alabama on the 50-state principle. Contest everything, because long-term that’s how you change minds and politics. Where would Shelley Moore Capito be if the Republicans had never contested the rock-solid Democratic state of West Virginia? On top of that, Moore is so messed-up he might provide a lighting-in-a-bottle chance to win regardless of the state’s heavy lean. He’s a nutcase by nutcase standards. Crooked, too.
Steeplejack (phone)
@tobie:
Doug! previously put up an Act Blue campaign to contribute to all Democrats who get through their primaries. Can’t search for it on my phone, but maybe somebody else will put up the link.
dr. bloor
@Alabama Blue Dot: Count me in with efgoldman on this one. I’ll take Moore and give the points, every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Your money would be better spent on Robert Menendez’s legal fund.
Doug!
@Steeplejack (phone):
I’ll put that up again soon but for the Senate I want to highlight individual candidates.
Steeplejack
@Doug!:
Thanks!
J R in WV
@ruemara:
When can you apply for citizenship? Surely by the time the Green Card is expiring! Best of luck. My passport expires in 2018, I need to get it renewed while we still have a functioning bureaucracy!