
Run for Congress in 2006!
So
you've decided you can't sit and watch the Far Right
flush the country down the toilet while "opposition" Democrats play dumb, play dead, and let them have their way. You're thinking of running for
Congress. The conventional wisdom has been that it's nearly
impossible to knock-off an incumbent in a primary unless he is
embroiled in a major scandal.
But the Right has shown it's possible to mount strong challenges
to incumbents when they are out-of-touch with their constituency. The so-called "centrists" disastrous loss in
2004 makes the Democratic party ripe for housecleaning. We're looking for REAL Democrats willing to fight.
The details of what's required to get on
the ballot are available at each state's particular elections
department, a function of state government. Keep your eye on this
page as a discussion forum and resource center for grassroots
candidates. The leanings of this website should be pretty
obvious. We're looking to help challengers from the center
against the Right (corporate Democrats like the ones
who lost the presidential election) and the Far Right (Bush
Republicans.) We could be progressive Democrats, true fiscal
conservatives, anti-Bush Christian Fundamentalists (yes they are out
there!), Libertarians. We'll build our own media to counter major
media bias in favor of the status quo, utilizing the power of the
Internet
Blog Thread for Candidates; here we
discuss everything, platform, raising money, nuts and bolts of running.
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Reading:
The Politics of Congressional
Elections, Gary Jacobson

"Anyone involved in running for a
congressional seat,
working on a congressional election or
just interested
in national politics will find this
book enormously
interesting. It's short. It's down to
earth. It's
up-to-date. And, it's one of the best
on the subject."
-DION P. HOEY, BELLMORE, NY, Amazon.com
reviewer