Thanks to your support Joe Garcia is well on his way to taking out Bush rubberstamp Mario Diaz-Balart in the 25th district of Florida.
In half of a quarter, nearly 2,000 people contributed over $320,000 to own the campaign, that's more people than have donated to Diaz-Balart's campaign in all his years in the US House combined. Joe sent out this message of thanks to supporters:
This campaign is different because it's about us. It's about our community and the issues we care about. Because of you, what started out only eight weeks ago as a local campaign out of Kendall is now capturing the nation's attention.
You decided that it was time for new leadership that brought us together and didn't try to use Cuba as a political tool to scare up votes or divide our community.
You decided that the special interests have had their way in Washington for far too long and that it is time for someone to stand up for you and your family.
Your voice has made it clear that revitalizing our economy, making healthcare affordable and confronting global climate change are not Republican or Democrat problems — they are American challenges that we can meet in this new century.
Thanks to the help of Democracy for America, Blue Majority and the Netroots, local unions on the ground, and the citizens of the 25th district of Florida, this campaign is truly a people movement. Over the upcoming months, you can help strengthen this grassroots effort to build a team of coalitions and people-powered work in South Florida that will help turn the 25th district blue.
Joe Garcia for Congress
http://joegarcia08.com/
It’s great to see these numbers.
And Raul Castro IS making changes in Cuba, little stuff so far — cell phones, consumer electronics, small private farms for tobacco etc. But stuff like that is very hard to stop once it starts. We’ll need to be able to respond to those changes with flexibility to improve the lives and the liberty of the Cuban people — and of the American people too.
The fossilized Repubs have pursued a failed policy for almost 50 years. They are not the ones who will be able to deal with the change.