Donna Edwards thanks you for your support

Last night Donna Edwards beat Al Wynn in a Democratic primary in Maryland. Wynn was the worst kind of Democrat, little more than an in-house lobbyist for big corporations rather than looking after the interests of his own constituents. The blogs, led by blogger Matt Stoller of OpenLeft, joined together with MoveOn, SEIU, Emily's List, Progressive Maryland and others to take Wynn down. And we did. You did. Last fall a coalition of progressive blogs held a $100k fundraiser for Donna, and we raised all $100k in little more than a week (you guys chipped in $5k). The $100k from the blogosphere was not only 12% of the total money Donna raised, but we were there supporting Donna from the beginning, before the other money and groups came on board. Donna's victory is in a very real sense your victory.

PS Stoller tells me that last November the powers-that-be were telling Donna she was toast. She'd never win. Give up. Ha.