Carol Shea-Porter is the hottest Rep elect right now because NOBODY talked about her before she won, and because she won inspite of opposition from the spiteful Rahm Emanuel. Her national invisibility during the campaign and election makes her an electric story. I am hoping she can take time off from her much deserved rest to call The Young Turks radio show, and maybe a few more.
I know this would enhance her stature, which never hurts in Washington. But more than that, she would help dispell this false story being promoted by Emanual and Grover Norquist that the winners won because they were conservative. Glenn Greenwald et al have dispelled it on blogs. Shea-Porter can personify it on the air.
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Tammy Duckworth lost with $3 mil from Rahm. C S-P won with her grassroots army and a determined message of opposition to the radical Bush regime. (She had one-twelfth of the money her opponent had.) Does anyone know her well enough to request this of her? This is an opportunity she should not give up---one that will help the people of her district as well.