PROGRESSIVE VOTER GUIDE -- NOVEMBER 2, 2010

U.S. Senate: Barbara Boxer (D)

Statewide Offices:
Governor: Jerry Brown (D)
Lieutenant Governor: Gavin Newsom (D)
Secretary of State: Debra Bowen (D)
Controller: John Chiang (D)
Treasurer: Bill Lockyer (D)
Attorney General: Kamala Harris (D)
Insurance Commissioner: Dave Jones (D)
State Board of Equalization: District 2 - Chris Parker (D)
Super. of Public Instruction: Tom Torlakson

U.S. Congress - District 3: Dr. Ami Bera (D)
U.S. Congress - District 4: Clint Curtis (D)
U.S. Congress - District 5: Doris Matsui (D)
U.S. Congress - District 10: John Garamendi (D)
U.S. Congress - District 11: Jerry McNerney (D)

State Assembly - District 5: Dr. Richard Pan (D)
State Assembly - District 9: Roger Dickinson (D)
State Assembly - District 10: Alyson Huber (D)
State Assembly - District 15: Joan Buchanan (D)
State Senate - District 6: Darrell Steinberg (D)
California Supreme Court: Carlos R. Moreno - Vote YES

Ballot Propositions:
Prop. 19: Tax and Regulate Cannabis -- No Position
Prop. 20: Congressional Redistricting -- NO
Prop. 21: Save State Parks -- YES
Prop. 22: Funds for Local Government -- No Position
Prop. 23: Ends Limits on Global Warming -- NO
Prop. 24: Close Corporate Tax Loopholes -- YES
Prop. 25: Establishes Majority Rule -- YES
Prop. 26: Polluter Protection -- NO
Prop. 27: Redistricting Commission -- NO

Various:
Cameron Park CSD Director: Shiva Frentzen
Consumnes CSD: Doug McElroy and Rodney Brewer
Elk Grove City Council, District 2: Davies Ononiwu; District 4: Gary Davis
Folsom Cordova School Board: Zak Ford
Los Rios Community College District:
   Area 1: Dustin Johnson,
   Area 2: Robert Jones,
   Area 6: Deborah Ortiz
Sacramento County Measure D (Arden Arcade Incorporation): Vote NO

Michael Moore on What's at Stake This Election

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Bera For Congress Get Out The Vote! from BeraForCongress on Vimeo.

5 days until the election

There are just 5 days until the election: This is not a time when progressives can stand on the sidelines.

Participate in the Progressive Election Forum by the Progressive Alliance on Oct.28.

Can the student vote make a difference ?

Is there a difference between Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman on jobs?  On tuition?

Is there really a marijuana initiative on the ballot?  What about Propositions 23 and 25? and more.

 Progressive Election Forum;  Oct.28, 2010. Orchard Room.  U. Union  12 -2PM.

Professor Jim Shoch, Dr. Ami Bera, students, and more.

If you don’t vote, you can’t complain.

Sponsored by the  Faculty Progressive Alliance, Sacramento Progressive Alliance. www.sacramentopa.blogspot.com, the Sac State Coalition,  CFA-Capitol Chapter, and Capitol Area Progressives.

In a week most pundits are predicting massive Republican victories  in the mid-term election. These poll-based predictions assume a model of a very different electorate than turned out in the 2008 election.  What the pundits don't tell you is that if they are wrong about who turns out to vote next week, their predictions will also be wrong.

Dan Lungren - incumbent

7 Days until the election

There are just 6 days until the election: This is not a time when progressives can stand on the sidelines.

Participate in the Progressive Election Forum by the Progressive Alliance on Oct.28.

Can the student vote make a difference ?

Is there a difference between Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman on jobs?  On tuition?

Is there really a marijuana initiative on the ballot?  What about Propositions 23 and 25? and more.

 Progressive Election Forum;  Oct.28, 2010. Orchard Room.  U. Union  12 -2PM.

Professor Jim Shoch, Dr. Ami Bera, students, and more.

If you don’t vote, you can’t complain.

Sponsored by the  Faculty Progressive Alliance, Sacramento Progressive Alliance. www.sacramentopa.blogspot.com, the Sac State Coalition,  CFA-Capitol Chapter, and Capitol Area Progressives.

In a week most pundits are predicting massive Republican victories  in the mid-term election. These poll-based predictions assume a model of a very different electorate than turned out in the 2008 election.  What the pundits don't tell you is that if they are wrong about who turns out to vote next week, their predictions will also be wrong.

Frankly the stakes could not be higher. A Republican takeover of the House of Representatives or the Senate would put an end to  any chance of meaningful reform until after the 2012 election. More over the limited gains of the last two years would be put at risk.  Republicans  have made it perfectly clear that their primary goal is to repeal all of the legislation  --from health care reform  to student loan reform to the modest reforms that  were intended to rein in the Wall Street speculators who were the primary cause of the economic crisis that we still suffer from today--  that the current congress passed and the president signed into law.

Inspiring Video From One Nation Rally in L.A.

Melissa Harris-Perry Discusses the Southern Strategy on Rachel Maddow Show

Must See TV -- Rachel Maddow Explain's the GOP's Racist Southern Strategy

22 years of Republican Governors- had enough?

No enthusiasm gap here ! - Barack Obama

Some on the "liberal" side have said that President Obama is not out making the case for voting this November.  This video from last week shows this charge is not true.

Barbara Boxer - U.S. Senate

Barbara Boxer - on the issues

Barbara Boxer	Carly Fiorina
Boxer’s top priority is creating jobs and turning the economy around, with a specific plan to;	Fiorina’s record on jobs.
Make California the hub of the clean energy economy	As CEO of Hewlett Packard, Fiorina laid off 28,000 workers and shipped those jobs overseas to China, India and Europe.
Support U.S. manufacturing and infrastructure	Called offshoring of U.S. jobs, “right shoring.”
End  tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas	While laying off tens of thousands of U.S. workers and shipping jobs overseas, Fiorina was paid $108 million.
Cut taxes for the middle class	Opposed last year’s economic recovery act that saved or created 150,000 California jobs, extended unemployment assistance.
Reform Wall Street by cracking down on financial speculation
August; 2010. :  Legislation long sought by Democrats to prevent layoffs of tens of thousands of teachers, police and other public workers has passed the Senate  and been signed by the President.  It would preserves the jobs of perhaps 300,000 public employees across the country by extending programs in last year's stimulus law. It passed 61-39 Thursday, after months of blocking tactics by Republicans.	Opposed this year’s  Jobs for Teachers Act which saved 15,000 teacher jobs in California

Barbara Boxer for U.S. S#2D2741

For more information.

http://www.barbaraboxer.com/home

How political money works- Fiorina

Why it is important to vote in this election

Rev. Jesse Jackson Speaks at One Nation Rally (10-2-10)

Harry Belafonte Speaks at One Nation Rally

Marian Wright Edelman at One Nation Rally

Richard Trumka at One Nation rally in Washington

Ely Flores & Wendell Pierce at One Nation Rally

Ed Schultz Speaks at One Nation Rally

ONE NATION WORKING TOGETHER!

FOR JOBS, JUSTICE AND EDUCATION FOR ALL

We are One Nation, born from many, determined to build a more united America – with jobs, justice and education for all.

We are young people, frustrated that society seems willing to spend more locking up our bodies than educating our minds, yet still we find ways to succeed and shine.

We are students and newly-returned veterans – persevering in the face of mounting debt – determined not to be the first generation to end up worse off than our parents.

War Party vs Tea Party Dept? Pat Buchanan Reveals Interesting Tension

[Editor's Note: Just saw this article posted by Carl Davidson on the Progressives for Obama listserve. We don't usually post articles by right-wing bigots like Pat Buchanan, but this one is worth a read. Turns out there may be a chance to build a tactical alliance between progressives and Tea Partiers to dismantle the U.S. empire. Hmm...]

War Party vs Tea Party Dept? Pat Buchanan Reveals Interesting Tension
Posted by: "Carl Davidson" carld717@gmail.com

THE CONSERVATIVE REVIEW - October 5, 2010

*Tea Party vs. War Party?*

*by: Pat Buchanan*

"We're all on the same page until the polls close Nov. 2," Richard Viguerie, the longtime conservative strategist who has allied with the Tea Party, told The New York Times.

After that, "a massive, almost historic battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party begins."

Indeed, such a battle seems unavoidable. Consider.

The great issue uniting and motivating the Republican Party and Tea Party is the deficit-debt crisis, a national debt nearing 100 percent of gross domestic product and a deficit of 10 percent of GDP.