On Sunday, Michigan's 8th District was inadvertently left out of the Primary Roundup on the front page of dKos. Thankfully, you guys pushed my own diary up to the top of the Rec list, which is almost as good--so thank you!!
(In addition, I was pleasantly surprised to see the MI-08 situation get a shout out in yesterdays' Cheers & Jeers! Thanks, Bill!
If you didn't catch the backstory on Lance Enderle's campaign, read yesterday's diary for the whole schmear.
It's all right, I can wait...
OK, now that you're up to speed, I just wanted to give a taste of one of the excellent 3rd-party blogosphere stories about Lance's campaign, from The Political Carnival (which, I might add, I wasn't familiar with until yesterday; it look like a pretty good addition to dKos, C&L, Atrios and so forth for my bookmark list!)
To wit:
I just got off the phone with a someone I could have hung out with for hours. He owns a golden retriever he calls “Dude”, he is a 6th-12th grade social studies teacher going for his masters in special ed at Michigan State, and as lay back and wickedly funny as he is, he’s dead serious about representing the people of Michigan’s 8th district.
And when I say people I mean people. Not corporations. Not BP. Not K Street. Not like Republican Mike Rogers, the incumbent, who really ought to give the HBO movie “Gasland” a little look-see.
Oh, yeah--and I can't forget the money quote:
After talking to him for quite awhile, I could easily draw parallels to Rep. Alan Grayson. IMHO, Enderle could very well become the new most dangerous man in Washington. Sort of an Alan Grayson with a James Earl Jonesish voice.
Yup. She went there.
You guys keep saying you want more Alan Graysons in Congress, right?
Now imagine Alan Grayson with Darth Vader's voice.
He only has one day to pull this off: Tomorrow, August 3rd. Please, spread the word as far and wide as you can to anyone living in Clinton, Ingham, Livingston, Shiawassee (south) or Oakland (north) Counties in Michigan.
Lance Enderle for Congress
Lance's ActBlue Page
Lance's Facebook Page
Lance on Twitter
Full disclosure: While I'm working at a substantial discount, I am still being paid. Mostly, however, I'm just upset at the mess caused by Kande's withdrawl and am trying to help salvage the situation.
(I should note that due to my being in the middle of serving jury duty, I'll be unavailable most of the day today, so I can't post comments/updates until this evening, thanks!!)
Update: Lance was interviewed by Nicole Sandler today at Radio or Not:
(Lance's segment starts around 7 minutes in):