Comments on: Marcy Winograd To Take On Jane Harman In CA-36 Again

By: Winograd4Congress

Winograd4Congress — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:17:58 +0000

We just set up a Winograd for Congress FaceBook page. Please join us. Thanks.

By: michael098762001

michael098762001 — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:50:43 +0000

The associations and opinions detailed in these blog posts about Winograd would make it impossible for this paper member of the democratic socialists of america (which works with PDA, Tim Carpenter, their lead staffer started his activism in one of the 2 predecessor orgs. of DSA, the DSOC of Michael Harrington) to write a check to support her run vs. Harman.
http://adamholland.blogspot.co.....d-911.html http://wilderside.wordpress.co.....alifornia/ Mckinney recently appeared on a Far Right, anti-semitic conspiranoid radio talk show, http://adamholland.blogspot.co.....n-far.html http://adamholland.blogspot.co.....inney.html http://www.philipweiss.org/mon.....eople.html
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By: Cujo359

Cujo359 — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:09:14 +0000

Once again, I missed a good chat. Good luck, Ms. Winograd. We certainly need better people in Congress.

By: triozyg

triozyg — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:15:14 +0000

Glad to hear it all (I was a grunt on the ground on election day in 2006 and it seemed disorganized — 3 months explains it) — Edwards is the right model over Bruner — sorry I got the numbers wrong.

By: Winograd4Congress

Winograd4Congress — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:07:08 +0000

I received 18,000 votes or 37.5 percent of the total. I only campaigned for three months and won 59% of Venice, where Harman lives. We have an opportunity to build on our past organization and I am working closely with the Pres of Progressive Democrats of Wilmington (area) to engage more people, many of them already supportive, in getting out the vote. San Pedro, the harbor, are key areas, working class neighborhoods, that can put us over the top. My lead organizer in the harbor turned around a local supervisor’s race by opening an office in that area and taking Mark Ridley Thomas to victory. Let’s keep Donna Edwards in mind, for she was not to be deterred and prevailed against a powerful long-time incumbent. Harman is particularly vulnerable, in light of recent revelations about shilling for Gonzales and pressuring the New York Times to hold back on a story that could have spared us an additional four years of Bush and his criminal war. Onward to victory! Marcy

By: Howie Klein

Howie Klein — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:01:41 +0000

Marcy, thanks for spending the time with us– and thanks for the AWESOME answers to our questions. There should be a Marcy Winograd is every congressional district in America and then we’d have a real democracy. I’ll be looking forward to having you back on as the campaign kicks into high gear and I’ll be looking forward to your comments on all the issues before Congress between now and then. Have a great announcement ceremony on Monday!

By: Winograd4Congress

Winograd4Congress — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:01:14 +0000

I want to thank you all for affording me an
opportunity to share my platform. I appreciate
the dialogue and look forward to responding to
questions raised in the future. I plan to return
to this forum in the next few days to see if any newcomers have posted
questions that need to be addressed. Please, also,
feel free to email me your thoughts at Winograd4Congress@gmail.com
and/or donate at Winograd4congress.com

I am listening.

Thanks again.

In peace,

Marcy

By: triozyg

triozyg — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:57:50 +0000

There is nothing I would like to see more than to have Harman defeated in 2010.

I volunteered on election day in 2006 for Marcy’s campaign. I was given a list for two precincts in Torrance and covered the precincts on election day. I have to say no one that I talked to had heard about the race — even though the list I was given said that some of the people had been called and were supporters.

Given that you carried only 55 out of 402 precincts (52 of those precincts were in Los Angeles, i.e. Venice), I want to know what you plan to do to reach out beyond your base in Venice and actually win areas like Torrance (where you carried 1 out of 91 precincts), Redondo Beach (you got 1 out of 49), Marina Del Rey (1 out 7), El Segundo (0 of 12), Hermosa Beach (0 of 17), Manhattan Beach (0 of 31).

You did not come close in 2006 (21,498 Harman to 13,952 Winograd) and I think you need a much better ground game. Position papers and so on are nice, but if you plan to come close in 2010 you need to find an approach the appeals to the majority of the district, not just people like me that are already with you.

I want Jane Harman out and I would like to see a known progressive such as yourself in (I know of Amato’s website, but on policy I don’t know as much about him). But from my take on 2006 you (or who ever runs against Harman) needs to reach out to other parts of the district if you are going to have a chance. I think John would have a steeper learning curve, but whoever the candidate is they need to win over the majority of the district – and they need to take a hard look at the district. And what did and didn’t work in 2006. Let’s not make this another Darcy Bruner — let’s make this a win!

By: Winograd4Congress

Winograd4Congress — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:54:55 +0000

Triozyg,

I agree with you — splitting the vote is a recipe for re-electing
the self-described “best Republican in the Democratic Party.”

By: Winograd4Congress

Winograd4Congress — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:52:59 +0000

Howie,

Thank you for raising this question. My sense is that Obama needs cover, particularly if he is going to advance bold programs or solutions. To get that cover, he needs people in and out of Congress to articulate what he can’t say — not yet. In other words, it’s all about organizing and we need an energized Progressive Caucus in Congress, one that works in tandem with state party Progressive Caucuses. As a congress member, I want to work very closely with the grassroots, to never lose sight of the importance in having a relationship. As silos, as disconnected parts, we are weak, but as a reciprocal dynamic we can amplify the message.