by Bob Brigham [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

After all that time tromping around in the snow where nobody had ever heard of him, Newsom couldn't translate his huge poll numbers in San Francisco into a victory for Hillary. How are things going for Antonio?

With the story being DTS suppression, I think tonight Bradley Whitford is looking like a better choice in the 2010 gubernatorial primary.

by Julia Rosen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

(also up at Daily Kos.  full disclosure: I work for Courage)

Bradley Whitford, better known to many of you as Josh Lyman on The West Wing, took time out of filming a movie in Calgary to shoot this video for the Courage Campaign on the importance of opposing retroactive immunity for telecom companies.  Go watch the video and then do as he says, call your Senators.

Telecom immunity is scheduled to be brought up this week, last I heard Thursday.  It is extremely important that all of our Senators hear from us and hold the line against retroactive immunity.

Senator Dodd has promised to filibuster any bill that lets the phone companies off the hook for passing on our private information to the government without a warrant.  But we need 41 votes to sustain the filibuster and we need your help to get us there.

Here are Senator Feinstein's phone numbers.  Report back on your call here.

202-224-3841 (Washington, DC)

310-914-7300 (Los Angeles)

by Lucas O'Connor [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Dear Readers,

My name is Bradley Whitford and I am an actor.

OK, if you want to stop reading now, I won't blame you...

Still here? Thanks. I totally understand your skepticism. I usually cringe when heady celebrities open their big mouths to pontificate about politics. While I may have portrayed political operative "Josh Lyman" on The West Wing, my political experience is probably a lot like yours.

That didn't stop me, of course, from recording a few YouTube videos about a month ago for the Courage Campaign, bluntly talking about the Electoral College dirty trick the Republicans were devising to steal the White House in 2008.

Well, now that the dirty trick ballot initiative is back from the dead (didn't hear the news? yep, some out-of-state fat cats are funding it), Courage is unearthing my second YouTube video. Never seen before. And on Halloween, no less.

You can click here to watch my my new YouTube about the dirty trick to steal the White House. 

But don't just watch the video. Take a second to support the Courage Campaign as well. Rick Jacobs and my good friends at Courage are doing amazing work right now to kill the dirty trick (again) AND block Blackwater's base on the California border.

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The Courage Campaign and David Dayen of Calitics have a video up displaying widespread blogger willingness to challenge GOP dirty tricks to steal the White House. Included are "Jane Hamsher from Firedoglake, John Amato from Crooks and Liars, Howie Klein from Down With Tyranny, some Kos diarists, and more." There's also video of West Wing star Bradley Whitford.

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

I was up half the night putting together this little video for the Courage Campaign's effort to fight the Republican dirty trick to split California's electoral votes and steal the Presidential election.  We got a handful of semi-famous bloggers together (Jane Hamsher from Firedoglake, John Amato from Crooks and Liars, Howie Klein from Down With Tyranny, some Kos diarists, and more) and sent a message that we can fight this thing, energize California Democrats, and make the Republicans wish they never brought it up in the first place.

The Courage Campaign is setting up a conference call featuring Bradley Whitford of The West Wing to discuss the next steps.  You can RSVP for it at the link.