Prosecutor Pressing War Profit charges....

I'm Alan Grayson, and I prosecute war profiteers in Iraq. In 2006, I ran for Congress in Orlando, and I lost the Democratic primary by 3000 votes. This year, I ran for Congress again, and I beat the same primary opponent by 7000 votes.

Here's why this time is different, not just for me, but for a lot of other candidates:

(1) People want solutions to their problems, and progressives offer solutions to them. In other years, Democrats supported "centrists," thinking that they could win that way. (Somehow, most Republicans never saw a need to do that.) This year, people want Democrats who are not afraid to be Democrats. They want Democrats with guts. They want Democrats who will stake out our position on what direction is good for America, and then move America in that direction. They want change.

(2) Because our problems are so severe, the last thing that people want to listen to are candidates who talk about themselves. You want to talk about what to do about the economy, health care, education, the war -- good. You want to talk about endorsements, where you're from, your loving spouse -- bad. Our formula was very simple: here's what's wrong, and here's what we're going to do about it. It's not about the candidate. It never is.

(3) The best campaign is one that involves people. Our staff and volunteers knocked on over 100,000 doors, and made over 100,000 phone calls. Our chief opponent ran a TV ad. That's a big difference. What people dislike most about elected officials is the sense that they are being ignored. When you run a campaign that touches people, and listens to them, then you're conveying the idea that you'll keep listening after the election is over.

(4) The best assurance that you can give to people that you'll do something good for them in the future is if you've done something good for them in the past. When I told people that I fight war profiteers in Iraq, it wasn't to make me look good. It was to give people a degree of comfort that I could be counted on to remain a progressive in Congress. And this opens up a wonderful possibility: that public-interest lawyers, and teachers, and social workers, and nurses -- and even documentary makers! -- will have a leg up when they run for public office, because the voters know that they will keep on doing good things for them. So, Robert Greenwald for Governor!

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