Vote McMahon on "Row E"

I received the following ask from a Working Families Party who is asking supporters to vote for Obama on their ballot line. I have inserted McMahon, but the reasonings are still the same. I hope you consider this;

Good candidates are important, and we have one in Mike McMahon.

We hope you're not just voting for him, but doing so enthusiastically on the Working Families ballot line ("Row E").

At least as important as the candidate is the party. Parties allow people to support a set of values, not just a candidate. Voting on the Working Families line on Tuesday counts the same, but it also says "Yes!" to the Working Families view of the world.

You're saying: we can do better than this. We can create a country in which all people have a decent shot at a meaningful, secure life.

It's not pie-in-the-sky. We know how to do it.

Health care for everyone. A decent job with decent wages. A house or an apartment you can afford. A good school with a good teacher. An end to stupid foreign policy adventures. An end to Wall Street rip-off artists.

That's the Working Families Party. We stand with you 365 days a year. Please stand with us tomorrow by voting for the entire Working Families Party ticket.

Vote McMahon on Working Families Party Line

via a WFP email;

After eight years of breathtaking stupidity and lying by our nation's leaders, we are on the verge of a new era in American politics. Or so we hope.

If Obama and the Congressional Democrats win on November 4th, the pressure on them to play it safe will be enormous. The healthcare crisis, the mortgage crisis, the lack of family-supporting jobs, the need for a green path to energy independence, the heartbreaking loss of life in Iraq - each one will require audaciousness from Obama and Congress.

They will only be as bold as we make them.

Votes on the Working Families Party line send a clear message: be bold. And you can be confident that the WFP will continue the fight after Election Day.

It's time politicians put working people above big corporations. It's time to guarantee affordable healthcare. And it's time we protect homeowners at least as much as investment bankers.

Even with a change of parties in Washington (or Albany), we'll have to work as hard as ever to make that vision a reality.
Of course, that's why we're here.

Take the Working Families pledge, and then help spread the word:
http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/obama/

Working Families Party looking to be influential here

The Working Families Party has pushed their candidate screening until the last week of May. This move comes as they look to be influential in determining which Democratic candidate will have their support, potentially determining the the favored candidate. Ballot petitioning required for candidates to get their names on the primary ballot starts June 3rd so WFP is looking to have as much time as possible to screen candidates. If you don't already know the strength of the WFP support take a look at a recent email they sent out;

Change is finally coming to the White House in 2008. But nothing gets done in Washington without Congress. That means for New Yorkers, the most important thing we can do this fall is make sure New York's 29 Members of Congress are ready to help lead the fight for universal healthcare, ending the war in Iraq, and investment in green technologies which will create thousands of living-wage jobs and help prevent environmental catastrophe.

The Working Families Party isn't new to lending a critical hand in big Congressional elections:

* In 2002, votes on the Working Families ballot line put Tim Bishop (Suffolk) over the top against incumbent Republican Felix Grucci.

* In 2004 we did it again, giving 8,000 "Row E" votes to Brian Higgins (Western NY) to give him the margin of victory over Republican Nancy Naples.

* In 2006, our renowned field operation added two more wins in New York (Kirsten Gillibrand and Michael Arcuri) and another in Connecticut (Chris Murphy).

This year, the retirement of Republican Congressmen Jim Walsh (Central NY), and Tom Reynolds (Western NY), plus the vulnerability of Vito Fossella (Staten Island/Brooklyn) and Randy Kuhl (Fingerlakes / WNY) means we have four chances to add another voice for ordinary New Yorkers in Congress.