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withoutboundaries.com is where you can get up to speed on all this -- and also get involved so we can get our fair share of seats at the table, not just more lip service and more work electing more white men.
we must elect many more progressive women who not only make great public servants, but fight for all the equality issues so central to women and their families. alas, electing them ain't all that easy here in the good old usa -- especially given the deselection strategies employed by political parties and the women who go right along with them.
click here to review the list of progressive women currently running for OPEN SEATS in congress -- and then "adopt a candidate". it's hugely important!
posted by PAULAX5050 @ 5:17 PM
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PENNSYLVANIA 08: Waiting For Emily?
With the issue of reproductive rights "likely to play a defining role" in the PA 08 race, there is "some grumbling" in Dem circles about the "tepid interest" that an influential abortion rights group has taken in the "competitive" open-seat contest.
Atty Ginny Schrader (D) and Bucks Co. Commissioner Michael Fitzpatrick (R) are squaring off in the late-breaking race to succeed Rep. Jim Greenwood
(R) -- an "outspoken advocate" of abortion rights in Congress. Schrader "supports" reproductive rights while Fitzpatrick "opposes" abortion rights in most cases.
But EMILY's List -- the organization that helps "steer millions" to Dem women candidates who support abortion rights -- is still mulling over whether to endorse Schrader's bid.
EMILY's List spokesperson, Romona Oliver: "We are still sort of in the process of doing the assessment on that campaign. ... It takes a little bit of time but we are moving it forward. There's a lot of thought and
work that goes into making decisions about endorsements."
While two other "prominent" nat'l abortion rights groups -- NARAL Pro-Choice America and Planned Parenthood -- have already endorsed Schrader, the backing of EMILY's List could "provide a financial windfall" for the Dem underdog, who is faced with having to buy TV ad time in the "expensive" Philly market
(Whittington, Roll Call, 9/30).
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