I'm proud to announce that national commenter and advocate Jim Hightower is supporting my candidacy for Congress!
Here is his recent op ed:
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Hoping won’t do it; Let’s make next year better
By Jim Hightower
Let's not just hope and pray that next year is better than 2011 – let's team up to make it better.
One way to do that is to send someone to Congress who actually believes what he says and does what he believes. We need someone who is a populist champion with a record we can trust to fight for ordinary families.
I’m talking about our friend, Eric Griego, who is running a genuine people-powered campaign. He’s running for Congress in New Mexico’s First District, and he’s the real thing – principled and people-minded.
The problem with someone like Eric, who actually puts people first, is that he inevitably invites powerful opposition. After all, he’s consistently taken firm stands for consumers and small businesses against corporate giants. He defended Elizabeth Warren against right-wing attacks and stood up to Speaker John Boehner, demanding that he stand with the 99%.
As a State Senator and City Councilor, Eric has fought for and passed real campaign finance and ethics reforms to save our democracy from the torrent of corporate money and powerful lobbyists. A politician who actually fought for and passed laws to take less money? How about that!
These are some reasons why Eric’s facing well-funded opposition from Tea Party Republican and centrist candidates drinking out of deep corporate troughs.
Eric Griego is a rising national star. He counts on the support of people-powered groups such as Blue America PAC, Democracy for America, MoveOn.org Political Action, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and the Daily Kos. Major labor unions representing middle class workers in both the private and public sectors are also standing with him. He’s no slouch either when it comes to fighting for clean energy and environment, with groups such as the Sierra Club and League of Conservation Voters committed to his victory in 2012.
Join me in sending a real Democrat to Washington to stir things up a bit.
Thanks.
Hightower
Jim Hightower
Writer, Commentator, and Agitator
To support Eric Griego for Congress, please visit www.griegoforcongress.com.