Like most Democrats across the country, your state has probably been infected with Tom DeLay's dirty money.
But, most of us have probably not run against Tom DeLay's money like Matt Connealy did last year.
Matt Connealy was a family farmer State Senator who ran against Jeff Fortenberry in Nebraska's open congressional district last year (NE-1). Senator Connealy ran a strong race in the primary against three other Democrats and ran fairly strong in the summer months leading up to Labor Day.
Then, like most Democrats running against Washington's out-of-touch priorities, Senator Connealy got blindsided by the NRCC. No sooner after three weeks of negative ads were paid for, did Jeff Fortenberry accept his first $10,000 of DeLay money.
I think you can guess where the story goes...
Soon after Jeff Fortenberry was sworn in, did he do what every DeLay lapdog does: take another $10,000 and vote to repeal the ethics rules to make DeLay step down.
So, after yesterday's indictment of Tom DeLay, State Senator Matt Connealy sent out an email to thousands of Nebraska Democrats who supported him and wrote:
"Americans deserve a government free of corruption and ethical misconduct DeLay's recent indictment is a step in the right direction, but more work lies ahead.
Special interests and radical extremists that funded Tom DeLay's political machine have set their tentacles throughout the Republican Party.
They dump piles of cash into races -- it's just a business investment for them -- but we can fight that with the message people want to hear. That's why it's so important to build our Party from the ground up."
Why listen to State Senator Matt Connealy?
Cause he's been building the Nebraska Democratic Party for 25 years as family farmer, public power board official, corn board official, school board member, an NDP Executive Committee member, a Nebraska State Senator, and as a Congressional Candidate.
Check out what Senator Connealy had to say about the Democratic Party can put reform first and build a real Democratic Party from the ground up.
As I've written before, it's all about relationships. Relationships with Democrats who write letters to the editors; Democrats who help with leaflet drops; Democrats who post a comment on the blog; Democrats who want to help fund the Democratic Party the way it was meant to be funded.
Visit Blog for Nebraska and let Senator Matt Connealy know what you think about how we can stop the DeLay Dirty Money Machine in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Missouri, and the other 43 states across the country.
-- Heath at the NDP
Nebraska Democratic Party