Help Change Texas With TexBlog PAC!
Many of you may have noticed that a new Political Action Committee formed by Texas bloggers has garnered some mainstream media attention recently:
“The goal is to get the progressive online community more involved in off-line events, where we can hopefully make a bigger impact on elections in Texas,” said blogger Matt Glazer, editor of the Burnt Orange Report and one of the founders of the political action committee. “The reason we’re focusing our attention on the Texas House, quite frankly, is that we think it can be flipped to the Democrats in the ‘08 elections.”
Democratic loyalists say the party is well-positioned to pick up the seven seats it needs to win a majority in the 150-member chamber, which has been under Republican control since the 2002 elections. In 2006, Democrats made a net gain of six House seats, and in 2004, they picked up one. The significance of the one-seat gain in ‘04 was that it was the first time Democrats had increased their number in the House since the early 1970s.
State Rep. Jim Dunnam, who heads the House Democratic Caucus, is one of the hosts for the Sept. 24 fundraiser.
“I think the blogosphere is giving voice to what a lot of ordinary Texans are thinking, and that is that we need a change of leadership in Austin,” said Dunnam, of Waco. “I think they are really helpful in spreading the message that it’s Democrats who are going to be the agents of change in 2008.”
And, of course, you can help Democrats be agents of change in 2008 through TexBlog PAC by making a contribution today. Capitol Annex has set a goal of raising $100 for TexBlog PAC by Sunday night. And, we challenge every other Texas blog and netroots activist out there to do the same thing. Just post or send this link (and you can change that “ref code” on the end of the link to one for your blog) on your blog or in an email to your friends.
If every reader of this blog today were to donate just $1.00 to the PAC, we’d raise about $600! If every reader of this blog would commit to raise $100 dollars from their friends and readers, that’d be about $6,000 we could raise for the PAC.
TexBlog PAC is going to make a serious difference in 2008, and we’d like for you to join us!
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