Who else has awesome elected officials (federal, state or local?)

[meldroc]

Here on DU, there's certainly plenty of bitching about bad ones. That's not what we're talking about. I'd like to talk about the good ones - the ones that are absolutely on our side.

I'll start off by bringing up my state representative, for Colorado House District 53, John Kefalas. Long before he got into politics, he was involved in progressive causes - he even became a tax protester and withheld some of his federal income taxes in protest of U.S. actions in Central America.

I got to meet him twice this week - once at the peace rally in Fort Collins on March 17th, and once again yesterday at a peace vigil last night marking the 4th anniversary of the Iraq war.

He's probably one of the most principled men I know. We desperately need more people like him in office.

[Richard D]

1. Henry Waxman!!!

Need I say more?

[geiger]

2. Sherrod Brown, former U.S. Rep, now Senator from Ohio

Takes liberal, prinicipled stands on issues, stays out of pissing contests.

[Caoimhe]

3. Ron Wyden... love him. n/t

[Matariki]

4. Jim Mcdermott !

Patty Murray often makes me proud too.

[SeattleGirl]

20. Jim is mine too!

:bounce:

[Matariki]

23. I'm iffy on Maria Cantwell though

how 'bout you? She's sometimes okay and sometimes a 'sellout'.

[Matariki]

26. Oh yeah, let's add Nick Licata to the list too

He's all around awesome, but especially this week for introducing the Seattle city council resolution for troop pullout of Iraq.

[Not Me]

5. I *had* Louise Slaughter,

then I moved to FL.
Mediocre at best.

[mike_c]

6. Barbara Boxer...!

My rep, Mike Thomas, is pretty good most of the time, too. Of course, that still leaves us with DiFi.... :puke:

[SharonAnn]

7. Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee (second term)

He's incredible. He's done a terrific job and significantly improved this state under his leadership.

I hope we're fortunate enough to have another Democratic candidate for governor when his term is up.

He's made a believer out of a lot of Republicans in this state. He's shown that Democrats are good at government, less costly, and provide better government. His predecessor, Don Sundquist, nearly bankrupted the state and cut services.

[NoPasaran]

8. Congressman Lloyd Doggett!

[BuyingThyme]

9. Me do.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

10. Claire McCaskell

Finally, finally have some real representation for the poor people of Missouri.

[Botany]

11. Jennifer Brunner the new Ohio Sec. of State.

She told the Cuyahoga County BOE they had 2 days to get out.

[Serendipitous]

12. The honorable Russ Feingold.

:patriot:

[maxsolomon]

13. Jim McDermott, Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell, Christine Gregoire

guess what? they're not awesome enough.

[LSK]

14. Dick Durbin and Barack Obama are my Senators

[cali]

15. Pat Leahy, Bernie Sanders, Peter Welch

Gail Symington, Speaker of the VT House, and too many others to list. Not to mention the leader of the dem party, Howard Dean.

[Green Mountain Dem]

16. I am from....

Vermont.....nuff said!!

[verse18]

17. Our junior Rep. Steve Cohen.

I've already sent two emails of support because of initiatives he's involved with in the House. I anticipate many more.

[MorningGlow]

18. Louise Slaughter!

The woman rocks. Okay, she's one district over, in my old neighborhood, but I claim her because otherwise I have to own up to my actual congresscritter...asshat Tom Reynolds. :scared:

[Pyrzqxgl]

19. Bob Filner & Susan Davis right here in San Diego

[stevedeshazer]

21. Earl Blumenauer, my congressman, introduced H.R. 663to END THE OCCUPATION

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.663:

Highlights:

* Redeployment: Requires the responsible redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq to start within 30 days of passage and be completed within approximately one year.

* Stops Escalation: Prohibits the escalation of the Iraq War without specific Congressional approval.

* Reconstruction: Redirects U.S. reconstruction funding from large contractors to Iraqi owned businesses to help create jobs in Iraq.

* Prosecutes War Profiteers: Prompts Congress to investigate, and the Attorney General to aggressively prosecute, war profiteering and fraud and instructs the President to nullify contracts with any company that has not fulfilled an Iraq reconstruction contract and recover lost funds.

* Diplomacy: Directs the President to begin a regional diplomatic effort, including direct negotiations with Syria and Iran, to promote stability in Iraq and solve outstanding regional issues like nuclear proliferation and support for terrorism.

* Benchmarks: Requires the President and the Iraqi government to agree on performance benchmarks and makes further support for the Iraqi government contingent upon the achievement of those benchmarks.

* Civil Society: Authorizes additional funds for strengthening Iraqi civil society, including labor unions, environmental groups, and community organizations.

* Refugees: Requires the development of strategies to address the needs of Iraqi refugees.

* No Permanent Bases: Prohibits permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq, as well as U.S. control over Iraq’s oil infrastructure and economic policies.

[Reader Rabbit]

27. Bowtie Earl!

He was also at the march on Sunday! Love the man!

[stevedeshazer]

28. Howdy!

:hi:

[ThomWV]

22. We Have Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller - and Hard Pair To Beat

I am proud of both of them.

[Subdivisions]

24. TX-17 here. :(

[Cabcere]

25. Jim Webb. n/t