Put your money where your mouth is!

This jolted me out of my prevailing political mindset:

We are deep into ugly primary season and we can spend all of our time wringing our hands over things we can't control or we can do something politically positive. . . . there are other crucial races in February-- and I'm not talking about the presidential primaries, where any of the Democrats are so superior to all of the pathetic pygmies that the disappointments many of us feel about Hillary and Obama are nearly irrelevant in comparison. Instead I'm talking about congressional primaries, where we really can make a difference. Along with John Laesch (IL), we have to keep Donna Edwards (MD) in mind, and also Mark Pera (IL).

Check out this website. I made a small donation (they suggest $5 each!) to several candidates (including local stars, Dan Maffei and Eric Massa). As digby says, "feel clean again" by supporting progressive candidates that will work for the things that you know are important and have a decent chance of winning their seats:

http://blueamerica.firedoglake.com/