Meet Ashwin Madia and help him get to Congress

Ashwin Madia is running for Congress in Minnesota's Third District. This is one of those districts that is truly competitive -- it's a real toss up. It's been held by a Republican Jim Ramstad (an actual GOP moderate) for years, but Madia can win. He's already secured some impressive endorsements.

Today, the Minnesota progressive blogs are holding an ActBlue fundraiser for Madia. Help them out if you can. Actually, read the post Madia wrote for The Hill today, then watch the video of Madia on MTV. After that, you'll want to give.

First, The Hill, where veteran Ashwin Madia slams Joe Lieberman:

There’s a word in Washington for a taxpayer-funded endeavor that grows without limits, busts every budget projection, and which Members of Congress are loathe to confront.

The word is Iraq.

Today, the Republican Party announced that the loudest defender of status quo policies on Iraq, Senator Joe Lieberman, will be a prominent speaker at the Republican National Convention in my home state of Minnesota. Senator Lieberman and I do have one thing in common. We’ve both changed political parties. I left the Republican Party in 2002 after it replaced “balance our budget” with “borrow and spend” and after we started a war without a plan for success; a war we did not need.

With all respect to Senator Lieberman, talking tough about Iraq is not brave. Bravery is not demonstrated through words but instead through action.

Now, the video:

Now, give.