I hope everyone enjoys the holiday and the long weekend. Feel free to treat this as an open thread to discuss your plans for the day or any political happenings you want to cover. I'll be back with posts tomorrow.
One of the things that I’ve been hearing from a lot of grassroots activists is that we need people in Congress who are willing to stand up for what’s right. It’s my belief that this isn’t just about wanting leaders who will promote policy that activists [...] 
There is no doubt that we need to work with China on some economic issues considering the fact that they hold so much of our debt, but the president's visit to the country has also helped to illustrate some of the basic issues of freedom that' [...] 
Coming off losing two big gubernatorial campaigns earlier this month, it appears as though the Democratic Governors Association is looking ahead to 2010. In a statement that was sent out yesterday, the DGA announced that it will be targeting the gubernatorial campaign in Wisconsin. This comes [...] 
During the Brigades meeting last night I had several conversations with grassroots activists who spoke about the work they had done to get David Englin elected to the House of Delegates back in 2005. They brought this up as way of pointing out some of the [...] 
As the debate surrounding health care reform heads to the Senate, there is still a fair amount of discussion about how to which members of the House of Representatives should be targeted as a result of their vote either for or against HR 3962. In Virginia's' [...] 
During a time when there are churches shutting their doors because of financial hardships and congregants who could use some assistance, it appears as though there are still some leaders of the religious right who are willing to do anything to score a few political points. [...] 
