We just donated to Grimes, Davis, and Burke. Who else is imperative?

[lebkuchen]

for our consideration while we have wifi connection?

[rurallib]

1. Bruce Braley keeping Harkin's seat in Iowa.

his opponent is Joni Ernst of pig castration fame. Polls are fairly tight.

[lebkuchen]

3. Done. What a screwball Ernst is. Thanks for posting, otherwise wouldn't have known.

"Don't let Ernst embarrass Iowa."

[JNelson6563]

2. We need to kick corrupt Snyder out of office in MI!

And can use all the help we can get!

Julie

[lebkuchen]

4. Snyder has secret funds to his trusted employees and is 49th in job growth?

$Done for Mark Schauer!$

[JNelson6563]

20. A thousand thank you's!

From all of Michigan!



Julie

[Gothmog]

5. I hope that the Davis in OP is Wendy Davis

I have given a great deal to Wendy Davis already. Turning Texas blue is a major effort

[lebkuchen]

6. absolutely Wendy Davis...2nd time we've contributed to her.

expats overseas interested in retiring to TX think it WILL go blue sooner or later.

[Gothmog]

8. That is good news

I love Wendy Davis but the Lt. Governor candidate in Texas may have a better chance of winning. First, the Lt. Governor's office is more powerful in Texas than the office of governor. Leticia van de Putte is a class act and is running against a real nut case named Dan Patrick. Patrick is truly crazy and Hispanic voters (including republican Hispanic voters) are scared of him

[lebkuchen]

11. Definitely $ to van de Putte

I couldn't remember the state w/the strong LT GOV position, and her name didn't sound familiar. Done.

[Gothmog]

12. Leticia's video at the Texas Democratic Party convention was great

[lebkuchen]

14. that was great!

I sure hope she wins.

[iandhr]

17. The LG position in TX is for powerful?

Didn't know that. Can you educate me on how?

[Gothmog]

19. Texas has a really stupid constitution that restricts the power of the governor

The Lt. Governor controls and is in charge of the Texas Senate and so can control the calendar of all bills and the chairmanships of all of the committees. Bob Bullock used to be Lt. Governor of Texas and it was a given that the was more powerful than the govenror

The governor major power is the veto. In Texas, the Governor can not really pardon anyone but he merely makes recommendations to the pardon board. Perry's power in Texas lies in the fact that he has appointed so many board members.

[Politicub]

7. Michelle Nunn in GA

She's running a great campaign for an open senate seat, and polls show she is gaining momentum.

Let's hope the hobby lobby decision gets fire in the belly of dems here and helps us to GOTV.

http://www.michellenunn.com

[lebkuchen]

10. Just read her bio

What's not to like, especially for Georgians with her proven both-sides-of-the-aisle pro-active approach to solving societal problems?

Done.

[Politicub]

18. Don't make the perfect the enemy of the good

It's selfish, short-sighted and naive to believe that a republican would be better in the senate than a moderate dem.

[greatlaurel]

9. Ed FitzGerald is the Democrat running for Ohio Governor.

He is getting very little help from the national party. He is a good candidate and if he got some help he could beat the slimeball governor we have now. Kasich gets a free pass from the state and federal news media. His administration is so corrupt it is shocking that there is no media attention.

[lebkuchen]

13. Fitzgerald wants to reverse Kasich's two year suspension of renewable energy mandates

Ohio should be moving forward with R & D in the area of renewable energy, not suspending it. Germany is headed toward fossil-fuel-freedom as I type. Unbelievable.

$done$

http://www.twinsburgbulletin.com/latest%20headlines/2014/07/03/ohio-governor-hopeful-ed-ed-fitzgerald-announces-six-point-energy-plan

[greatlaurel]

15. People do not understand how much Kasich's suspension is going to cost them.

The fossil fuel industry in Ohio gets a pass by the state media. The costs to the health of Ohioans from the fossil fuel industry are massive, but it never gets any coverage in the media. At the same time, the media completely ignore the corrupt relationships between Bob Murray(Murray Energy Corp ) and the GOP in Ohio. Like why did the OhioEPA director get fired one day after he had a meeting with Bob Murray?

Our electricity prices keep going up and the electric coop keeps blaming EPA regulations for the price increases and, again, the news media ignores the electric company lies and allows their propaganda to go unanswered.

[lebkuchen]

16. Horrible that GOP politicians are more concerned with greed than the state/nation's health

in the face of what scientists are telling them and warning about. The refusal of these same politicians to not care less about other countries' success stories thereby learning from them for the betterment of the citizens they are elected to serve is tragic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Germany

In 2010, investments totaling 26 billion euros were made in Germany’s renewable energies sector. According to official figures, some 370,000 people in Germany were employed in the renewable energy sector in 2010, especially in small and medium sized companies. This is an increase of around 8 percent compared to 2009 (around 339,500 jobs), and well over twice the number of jobs in 2004 (160,500). About two-thirds of these jobs are attributed to the Renewable Energy Sources Act[27][28]