I took DavidNYC's list and narrowed it down: who were the House Dems in R-leaning districts who voted for the House health care reform bill and against the pro-life Stupak-Pitts amendment?
These courageous Democrats:
AZ-01 Kirkpatrick, Ann R+6
AZ-05 Mitchell, Harry R+5
AZ-08 Giffords, Gabby R+4
KS-03 Moore, Dennis R+3
NY-19 Hall, John R+3
FL-08 Grayson, Alan R+2
MI-07 Schauer, Mark R+2
NY-24 Arcuri, Mike R+2
WI-08 Kagen, Steve R+2
CA-11 McNerney, Jerry R+1
IL-08 Bean, Melissa R+1
IL-11 Halvorson, Debbie R+1
IL-14 Foster, Bill R+1
MN-01 Walz, Tim R+1
NY-23 Owens, Bill R+1
NH-01 Shea-Porter, Carol R+0
NY-01 Bishop, Timothy R+0
Some of them, to be sure, have frustrated us on more than one occasion. Still, when they do the right thing -- when they do the progressive thing -- we ought to encourage them, to show that when Democrats act courageously, progressives will have their backs and support them. (Who knows? It might encourage them to do this more often.)
So please, visit my new WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK ActBlue page and spread some sugar around today -- $3 each? $5? $10, $20 or more? That's up to you.
But if politicians in tough districts don’t get any support when they do the right thing on a big vote -- and there be no bigger than Saturday night's between now and November 2010 -- they will have no incentive to do it the next time.
Show them, right now: WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK.
Updated: I've added Dina Titus (NV-03, D+2), Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15, D+1) and Kurt Schrader (OR-05, D+1) to the page. They're in incredibly vulnerable districts as well, and are additionally worthy of your support.
Updated again: We're at 15 26 47 contributors right now -- make it at least fifty. Your recs are nice, but it's the dollars that count. If you just give $2.50 to each member, that's $50, and enough to show these members that we're out there and will keep supporting them when they cast tough votes.
Updated yet again! We're at 52 64 78 87 contributors right now. Take us to a hundred.
Updated still further! 101 Contributors! Keep it going!