Court Nominations and the Most Important Victory of my Career

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Monday May 10, 2010 · 7:47 PM PDT

2010/05/10 · 19:47

President Obama's nomination today of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court brings to mind the story of the biggest victory of my career. Last week, in my post "Why I'll Be a Better Governor for California than Jerry Brown", I touched on this story, but I didn't tell it fully. This story is important, because it shows how I've demonstrated leadership at key moments, and how I've used substantial power to win an important victory for regular people and common-sense values. Leadership and appropriate exercise of power are, in my view, the most important parts of the job of Governor.

(For any who don't know, I am running in the Democratic primary for Governor of California. Voting by mail began today; the official primary election day is June 8th, 4 weeks away. Please support my progressive track record and vision for California with your vote.)

The winter of 2002-2003 was arguably the darkest hour in our country's recent history. President George W. Bush had exploited the tragedy of 9-11 and lied about intelligence information to scare America into war with Iraq.

PeterSchurman

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Tuesday May 04, 2010 · 9:55 AM PDT

2010/05/04 · 09:55

Cross-posted at Huffington Post.

On June 8th, Californians will choose our party nominees for Governor. I'm running as a progressive challenger to Jerry Brown in the Democratic primary.

For nearly twenty years, I've been a bare-knuckled fighter for regular people and common-sense, progressive values. I was the Founding Executive Director at MoveOn.org, America's strongest progressive advocacy organization. Although I've never run for elected office, I am qualified to be Governor and here’s why I'll do a better job for California than Jerry Brown.

California needs a fighter right now. Six-plus years of Republican rule have left our state in crisis. We need a leader committed to aggressively confronting and cleaning up the mess the Republicans have made, not someone who wants to split the difference.

Here are three of the biggest challenges facing California. As our party's front-runner, Jerry Brown should be facing these issues head-on. Instead, he's running away from them.

PeterSchurman

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Tuesday April 06, 2010 · 12:58 PM PDT

2010/04/06 · 12:58

I have some big news today: I'm running for Governor of California. I'm running in the Democratic primary (June 8th), challenging Jerry Brown as a progressive.

Please join my campaign, at: http://PeterForGov.org.

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