Use the front page for one more, blow-out fund raiser to make sure that we take back the House, and bring a crop of young patriots to Washington to truly Crash the Gates.
9/29 Changed Everything. This was one more crisis where the Republicans were warned, but failed to act, and it's one that ever soccer mom and low information voter can feel viscerally. It confirms all of the suspicions, and tips tons of voters into reality-based politics.
We've got the polls, we have the anecdotal evidence, we know that the House is not only narrowly within our grasp, but that there is a chance to pick up more seats than we imagined were possible. We see the Republicans reacting to their polling by throwing vast sums of money into seats that weren't even supposed to be competitive.
As Governor Dean said recently, normally at this stage in a campaign, the number of truly competitive seats is declining. Instead, the number of seats is opening up.
It's time to quit playing by the old rules with the conventional wisdom and Kos' pessimism. Take your reference book and throw it out the window, because we have a different world today.
Instead, it's time to stick a sword deep into the belly of the beast, and raise money for another thirty netroots candidates beyond the initial list. This money can go to races that were off the radar, ones where the smart money didn't want to go. How could David Beat Goliath?
And when we go on the offense with asymmetric warfare, Republicans will have to play defense. This is what frees up the competitive races for victory in the last two weeks.
I'll put my money where my mouth is, and contribute at least $100.00 to every candidate who is added to the Netroots Challenger list, except John Laesch, where I'm alread maxed out.