I don't know if anyone else has heard about this article from this morning's Roll Call but apparently our very own dkos conritbuter, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, may be drawing a tough primary opponent who plans on spending $500,000 against her.
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_26/politics/10567-1.html
We cannot let this stand. The article goes on to say that on June 30 Slaughter had $390k in the bank but had been focusing more on her work in Washington than raising money from the insider fat cats.
Any money she has to spend now in a primary will certainly come at the expense she would typically do for other good progressives. I mean she was one of the only people in DC to help Hackett raise money and volunteers.
Here is her contribution link: http://www.votelouise.com/contribute
WE MUST STAND UP and do what we can to help her. Maybe if Slaughter has a strong showing in her September 30th finance report she can scare this obviously misguided guy out of the primary.
It is one thing for other Democrats to challenge DLC Democrats in the primaries... I'm all for that. Make them explain themselves.
But Rep. Slaughter is one of us. Since I've been following her on Kos alone she has taken on:
- Jeff Gannon
- Karl Rove
- House Ethics
- Media Reform
- Armstrong Williams
- Independent Katrina Commission
- Truman Commission for Iraq
- Fairness Doctrine
- Urging Over the Counter Morning After Pill
I mean the list goes on and on.
Lets help her out and show Rep. Slaughter we have her back:
http://www.votelouise.com/contribute
Please recommend to show one of the fighters in DC that we are behind her!