Progressives Work Overtime for Warren Ahead of Fundraising Deadline

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http://www.rollcall.com/news/Elizabeth-Warren-fundraising-third-quarter-progressives-209087-1.html

Just how much money Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren will raise by midnight tonight in her bid to take on Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) remains unclear. But this much is known: She'll be getting a lot of help from progressive organizations.

MoveOn.org announced today that its political action committee had raised at least $345,000 for Warren as of Friday afternoon, all of which will be bundled to Warren's campaign account.

And on Thursday, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee announced they had raised more than $375,000 for Warren, which will be bundled to her campaign as well.

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In an email to her supporters asking for last minute donations, Warren appealed to those on her email list to make a donation "before tonight's midnight deadline, and add your voice to this campaign. It's going to take big grass-roots support to stand up to the big corporate interests."

[Sedona]

1. kicked, recommended and donated

elizabethwarren.com

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2. MA Progressive candidates ignored

I'm from Massachusetts and continue to support Bob Massie, Progressive Democrat and lifelong activist, for US Senate. Massie can boast a string of accomplishments, most notably the expansion of national organization CERES, a large coalition of non-profits and businesses that works to promote environmentally sustainable practices. Massie co-founded the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), a separate organization that is active internationally with the goal of improving corporate behavior. GRI initially targeted environmental issues and has expanded its sustainability framework to include human rights, gender, and community impact. GRI has proved to be more effective in modifying corporate behavior than regulations alone.
Earlier in his career, Bob wrote an internationally-acclaimed book about the transition of South Africa out of apartheid and was one of the international observers of its first post-apartheid election. He recently took a leadership role against proposals to allow slot machines in Massachusetts. Bob Massie is an ordained Episcopal priest with a doctorate in Business Administration from Harvard.

You can learn more about Bob Massie and his campaign at http://www.bobmassie.org

Watch his MA state convention speech here: http://www.bobmassie.org/video/new-way-forward-2011-convention-speech

For the record, there are additional Democrats running for this seat. Each candidate would describe him/herself as progressive. They are all good, competent, committed people. Their names in alphabetical order are Tom Conroy, Marisa DeFranco, Alan Khazei, Jim King, and Herb Robinson.

Elizabeth Warren is a good, competent person who would be a good senator. I support Bob Massie because I believe that he would be an extraordinary senator. While expert in his understanding of business, Massie is unusual in his ability to channel the efforts of other experts to produce results.

When national progressive organizations fail to inform their members of all the choices and endorse before even one debate has been held, they are doing a disservice to Massachusetts residents. It is telling that some of these] organizations have failed to even mention any candidates other than Elizabeth Warren. To read their mailings, you would assume that the primary was uncontested. We Massachusetts residents deserve better. Our choices in the primary should not be prematurely determined by national organizations.

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3. my apologies

I wasn't aware there was anyone else in the running, really.

However, as a native of the Nawth Shoa and a wickid pissa Red Sox fan

I'd love to see Ms. Warren in the Senate.

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