Message from Jim Dean of @DFAaction about Ben Nelson retirement & need for progressive lawmakers

Yesterday, Senate 'Democrat' Ben Nelson announced he won't run for re-election.

I can't say I'm sad to see him go. He's played a major role in slowing down, stopping, or outright defeating some of the most important progressive reforms Democrats have tried to pass. He blocked real bank reform, stalled the fight against climate change, and killed the public option just to name a few.

Good riddance Ben Nelson. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

However, this does mean it's likely we'll get an actual Republican replacing Senator Nelson in Nebraska --- and one less 'Democrat' in the Senate makes it harder to keep the majority we need to stop a John Boehner Tea Party driven House.

It ups the ante for progressives like us to step up and make the difference by replacing other Senate Republicans with progressive fighters this year. It starts with making sure we do absolutely everything we possibly can to elect Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts. And that's exactly what Democracy for America is going to do.

Contribute $10 right now to help DFA replace bad Democrats like Senator Ben Nelson with great progressives like Elizabeth Warren.

We're not funded by corporations like Senator Ben Nelson was; we're supported by the resources provided by you. For some DFA members, that means on-the-ground action like volunteering to knock on doors to recall Scott Walker in Wisconsin.

For other DFA members, it means taking action online that gave Bernie Sanders the back-up support of over 100,000 Americans in his fight to protect Medicare and Social Security. And for still more DFA members, it also means digging deep and delivering the financial resources our staff needs to get the job done working hard for you and the progressive causes we all support.

Please contribute right now.

This is a good week to think back and be thankful for everything we did this year together.

I hope you'll also look forward to what we have left to do and help fuel our campaigns to win in 2012 with a contribution today.

Thank you for everything you do.

-Jim

Jim Dean, Chair
Democracy for America



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