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Tom Geoghegan for Congress
Crooked Timber —
... This is a purely personal endorsement; as a general rule, we don’t take collective positions on issues or people at CT. But I can’t imagine anyone more likely to contribute more to American political life than Geoghegan. I’ve contributed money to his campaign – if you want to do so too, you can do it easily here. There’s a Facebook group ...
Tom Geoghegan: Progressive
Corrente —
... and pension costs that the federal
government should have been paying all along.
"For years, the conservatives have said: 'We can’t do this. The
money isn’t there.. Well, the money is there. It was there for the
Iraq war, a colossal waste of money, and for the bailout, the first
half of which has been a colossal waste as well....
Mmmmm. There's plenty more around the web if you're interested. Hubris Sonic James Fallows. Act Blue. What Digby Said. Read more… ...
Daily Digest: CTO Watch -- The Rising Stock of California PhDs
techPresident —
... yesterday, and he's already raised $31,000 on Act Blue. That's a base of support that's greatly helpful to a first-time politician trying to quickly get traction in a compressed special-election schedule, as the primary in IL-5 is just seven weeks away. ...
A Dogged Candidate for Congress
Discourse.net —
... regularly online practically seem prepared to swear that the only reason congressional candidate Tom Geoghengan hasn’t walked on water is that he’s been too busy doing good on land. (For more mainstream adulation, see James Fallows, Tom Geoghegan for Congress.)
The latest is How Tom Geoghegan Saved My Dog: Hildy’s Story.
Kidding aside, Geoghegan sounds like an absolutely amazing candidate to replace Rahm Emanuel in Congress. They are taking donations. ...
David Murray: Which Side Are You On?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... and prods and reminders from principled guys like Geoghegan, who's in daily touch through his law practice devoted to such homely cases as one he's working on now, to protect poor people from predatory payday lenders.
The thing is, the 5th District race is split a hundred ways and the special election primary is rushing up March 3. Tom needs visibility and visibility demands dough. You can learn more about Tom's campaign here if you're moved to contribute you can do it here.
And if you live in Chicago and would like to meet Tom and hear him speak, I'm ...
Matthew Filipowicz: Phone Bank For Tom Geoghegan From Your Living Room
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... He announced his candidacy on Huffington and Kos. And he's not afraid of the word liberal. As evidenced by the fact that he came to visit with Chicago's Drinking Liberally last night. (Photos courtesy of Steve Stearns.)
This election is an opportunity to put somebody into office who gets it.
And you can help. Even if you don't live in Chicago.
Now obviously you can donate money to Tom's campaign, and you should. But, you can also donate your time. Take a ...
A People-Powered Plum: Can Geoghegan Make It?
techPresident —
... -- formed by veterans of MoveOn and the campaign of netroots favorite Darcy Burner, among others -- picked Geoghegan to be the first test case in their drive to get boldly progressive and people-powered candidates in office. Just a few bucks short of $200,000 has been raised for Geoghegan on ActBlue. And, for what it's worth, the Chicago Sun-Times' Laura Washington called Geoghegan ...
Afflict the comfortable -- send Tom Geoghegan to Congress!
Open Left - Front Page —
... , and other sites that track campaign donations, you’ll find that one thing is clear: more than any other candidate, Tom’s campaign has relied on small donors. On ActBlue alone, Tom has raised over $204,703 from almost 2,202 donors. The average donation to his campaign is far lower than for any other candidate in the race. ...
Geoghegan Takes 7th in Race to Replace Emanuel
techPresident —
... , as the Chicago Tribune's John McCormick and Dan Mihalopoulos report. Out of a field of a dozen candidates, better-known Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley pulled in 22% of the vote to take the Democratic nomination (which is tantamount to winning the congressional seat in this heavily Democratic district). Geoghegan finished 7th, with 6% of the vote. Geoghegan generated a good deal of online excitement -- he was an ActBlue favorite (with nearly $214,000 in contributions), was ...
