Mets102's recommended diary on a statement made by Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock at the 2nd(and last) Indiana Senate debate underscores that it took admitted Tea Party candidate Mourdock pulling a Todd Akin for Daily Kos to finally pay attention to a Senate race that could determine whether we lose or gain seats in the aggregate in the Senate. Indiana is rated a toss-up by many different prediction sites and the Democratic candidate, Joe Donnelly is polling better in Indiana than President Obama.
As I diaried before, Congressman Donnelly is the choice for sanity. Donnelly has a great record on labor, health care and on various governmental reforms(Donnelly wanted to give D.C an actual vote in Congress for example). I am fully aware that Donnelly has a very mixed environmental record, and that he is anti-choice to some degree(but far, far from Mourdock).
I want Donnelly to be featured on the front page with other great Democrats like Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Baldwin, Chris Murphy and Sherrod Brown. Obama will very likely lose in Indiana, but Donnelly has a good chance of winning. Donnelly has a proud record of standing for the middle class, and for expanding health care coverage to those who most need it. Donnelly should be on Orange to Blue and he should be the focus of a Front Page diary. We need more and better Democrats and frankly, Donnelly is a good Democrat who will help us have more Democrats in the Senate. He bravely voted for Obamacare, and he stood for the auto industry. Mourdock tried to sue to stop Chrysler from being rescued. The record is clear, and this is our chance to really make sure Harry Reid has as many votes as he can get to confirm good Supreme Court justices, and so that Republicans have less of a chance to obstruct an Obama second term. This is the chance for kos to be the one who tips the scale towards Donnelly, and towards a more sane four more years.
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