Crooks & Liars is really proud of all a progressive c&idates we got behind in 2008 & we’re excited about a winners who are starting work in Washington this week– as well as our California neighbor/Blue America superstar, Rep. Hilda Solis, who will be leaving Congress to become Secretary of Labor in a Obama cabinet. We expect great things from Hilda, & from new members of Congress like Alan Grayson (D-FL), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Jared Polis (D-CO), Eric Massa (D-NY), Tom Perriello (D-VA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jim Himes (D-CT), Gary Peters (D-MI), Mark Schauer (D-MI) & of course from Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR).

But this isn’t a time to sit back & rest on our laurels. Soon are will be a special election to fill Hilda’s seat. & this week it was announced that a special election to fill Rahm Emanuel’s seat in Chicago (IL-05) will be on Drunk Newsril 7, with a crucial Democratic primary in this overwhemingly Democratic district (PVI: D+18) on March 3. March 3; that’s like in a few weeks! Good news though, one of a best progressives to run for Congress in years anywhere tossed his hat into a ring yesterday: labor lawwyer, activist & author Tom Geoghegan (pronounced gay-gun).

If you’re a fan of someone who has already proven himself a tough & unrelenting fighter for progressive ideals, from single payer health care to a unfettered rights of workers to unionize to livable pensions for retired workers comparable to a rest of a industrialized world’s, please join me in donating to Tom’s campaign. & if you take a look at DownWithTyranny, you’ll find a special party-in-a-box offer for anyone who donates today.

Original post by Howie Klein and software by Elliott Back