Posts by: Michael Snook

Commissioned by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a liberal political action committee based in Washington, D.C., is being used not only to tout the electoral benefits of a ‘D,’ but to show broad support generally among Vermonters for one of the party’s defining policies: single-payer health care. The poll found that 53 percent of Vermonters “approve of Vermont going forward with Green Mountain Care, a single-payer health care system that will guarantee coverage for everyone in the state.” The survey found that 38 percent disapprove.

On the eve of today’s 10th anniversary of the death of Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.), family, friends, former Congressional colleagues and average Americans who were touched by Wellstone’s work gathered on a conference call to share their memories of one of the icons of the progressive movement, vowing to continue to champion the causes he fought so hard for… This is a person who understood his moral compass,” Progressive Change Campaign Committee Co-Founder Adam Green said on the call. “And even when he was an isolated voice in an out of touch Senate, he voted his conscience and was very much the tip of a spear of an entire movement across this country.”

Cravaack’s opponent, Rick Nolan, is getting a boost from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in the form of phonebanking. The group has placed 11,108 phone calls to voters on behalf of Nolan, according to a press release.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is up with a new ad in New Hampshire’s 2nd District for Dem Carol Shea-Porter that provides a good example of how progressives should message around Medicare and the safety net in general.

PCCC plans to make hundreds of thousands of calls for Elizabeth Warren’s Massachusetts Senate race. Another top priority is Alan Grayson’s House race in Florida. Call Out The Vote will also help Sen. Sherrod Brown’s re-election effort in Ohio and Tammy Baldwin’s Senate campaign in Wisconsin. On the House side, calls will go out for Rob Zerban, who is trying unseat Paul Ryan, Annie Kuster’s campaign in New Hampshire, and several other progressive candidates.

Bold Progressives, a Democratic action organization that’s almost a million members strong, has created a great get out the vote (GOTV) campaign targeting essential election races. It’s called “Call Out The Vote” and you can get involved by helping to make calls to critical voters in key elections.

As corporations and conservative moguls like the Koch Brothers dump millions of dollars into this year’s election season, it’s difficult for progressive candidates to stay afloat. But some may have found a secret, and it’s all about taking it back to volunteer, grassroots efforts. On Tuesday, a campaign titled “ Call Out The Vote ” was launched by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee to encourage people to volunteer to make phone calls on behalf of progressive candidates. The Call Out The Vote campaign is in its third and, perhaps, most important year, as it aims to make one million calls to targeted voters on behalf of 20 progressive candidates running for the House and Senate this election season.

One of the most prominent progressive groups in the country is launching a major voter outreach effort on behalf of 20 congressional campaigns, calling it the “crown jewel” of its election functions. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee hopes to place one million phone calls to targeted voters through the effort, named “Call Out The Vote.”

President Obama leads Republican candidate Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, 51 percent to Romney’s 43.5 percent, according to a new poll from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling and commissioned by the liberal-leaning Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC).

A new Democratic poll offers good news for the party in New Hampshire, putting Democrat Carol Shea-Porter in a statistical tie with Rep. Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) in the 1st District and giving Democrat Ann Kuster a slight lead over Rep. Charlie Bass (R-N.H.) in the 2nd District. The polls were commissioned by liberal PAC the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and conducted by Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling on Sept. 24 and 25.

In response to Tommy Thompson’s promise to end Medicare and Medicaid as we know them, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) has gotten involved in the U.S. Senate race backing Democratic candidate Tammy Baldwin. The PCCC, which has nearly 27,500 members in Wisconsin, was very active in the 2011 recall elections here in Wisconsin as one of the leading groups running TV ads and mobilizing voters in the state.

As parents, students and teachers all wait to see when, and if, classes will resume, which they could as soon as tomorrow, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) is releasing an ad, set to hit Chicagoland airwaves immediately, thanking the teachers’ union “for their fight for students and parents.” Regardless of what happens today with the House of Delegates’ vote, PCCC officials say they will continue to run the ad as they see the Chicago teachers’ strike as indicative of a national battle between unions and politicians, particularly conservatives like Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who released a statement at the start of the strike blasting CTU.

It won’t be until this evening at least when we’ll find out whether the Chicago teachers strike is over. But there sure is a lot of activity out there — mostly by the Chicago Teachers Union and its allies. In one development, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a left-of-center political action committee that has been active in Wisconsin, began airing a “thank you, unions” ad on broadcast and cable TV and on the Internet. “Because we’re a union, we can work together to make things better for our schools,” it says.

WISCONSIN — The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) endorsed Mark Pocan (D), who is running to replace Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.).

Late last night, CTU President Karen Lewis and Chicago Board of Education President David Vitale both said there were major strides made in negotiations yesterday and that students could be back in school by Friday. Meanwhile, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a left-leaning political activism group, has been urging Chicago residents who support the teachers to call on their elected officials to do the same.

A liberal political group is criticizing Ann Romney’s comment that she and her husband “have not had a financial struggle in our lives.” The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is launching online ads, first set to run in Ohio, that highlights Ann Romney’s quote and suggests it shows that she and husband Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential nominee, are out of touch with middle-class voters.

Progressive Campaign Change Committee (PCCC) co-founder Stephanie Taylor speaks with Michael Shure (host of TwenTYTwelve on TYT Network) at the 2012 Democratic National Convention about speeches from Bill Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Sandra Fluke, and more.

Hours before Elizabeth Warren speaks in prime at the Democratic convention, a leading progressive group backing the Democrat’s Senate nominee in Massachusetts will announce they’ve raised $1 million for her bid to defeat Republican Sen. Scott Brown. In addition, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) also tells CNN that they’ve received more than 50,000 grassroots donations that will be directed to Warren’s campaign, with the average donation being $16.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) announced on Wednesday that it has raised $1 million through grassroots donations for the Massachusetts Senate campaign of consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren. The announcement by PCCC comes as Warren, a favorite of progressive Democrats, is set to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte Wednesday. The group said that the $1 million raised came from 50,000 donors with an average donation of $16.

Listen to our Elizabeth Warren Watch Party conference call for house party hosts below. If you have any questions, just email us at houseparty@boldprogressives.org.

A few highlights from the call:

Remember to take pictures and video of your event! Have your phone and camera charged and ready to go.
You should plan on giving a short introduction and welcome speech around 9:00pm. After your welcome, have folks go around the room, say their name, and why they support Elizabeth Warren. This is a great time for you to capture Warren’s momentum on video!
We expect Warren to speak around 10:00pm. You have a few options to watch Warren’s speech. If you don’t have MSNBC or C-SPAN, many local PBS affiliates will carry the convention for most of the evening. If you prefer watching through your computer, you can watch Warrenai??i??s speech at http://www.youtube.com/politics.
After Warren’s speech, have a computer set up and at the site: pccc.me/WarrenHouseParty. There your guests will be able to sign up and volunteer for Warren!
If you or your guests are tweeting the event, make sure to include the hashtag #WarrenParty.
We’ll be making a compilation of video and pictures from all of the house parties. After the event, please email your pictures and video to houseparty@boldprogressives.org.

Thank you for hosting a Watch Warren Party, and have a great event!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiHNVYRTKP8

Sign up to attend an Elizabeth Warren house party near you.

ABC News’ Michael Falcone reports that just as Tropical Storm Isaac is on the verge strengthening into a full-fledged hurricane, a liberal advocacy group is attempting to turn the bad weather into an attack on Republicans as they kick off their convention on Monday. This morning the Progressive Change Campaign Committee unveiled a series of web ads that they intend hundreds of thousands of Floridians to see during the week of the convention. Those who click on the ads will be directed to a site that accuses GOP leaders, including Mitt Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan, of voting to curtail funding for disaster relief.

A new online ad campaign launched Monday targets Republicans for proposed cuts to disaster relief funding and weather monitoring systems. The ads, launched by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, coincided with Tropical Storm Isaac’s pass over the southwest of the state, where it caused widespread power outages and forced the GOP to cancel the first day of the Republican National Convention.

Tropical Storm Isaac hasn’t yet made landfall on the Gulf Coast, but the Progressive Change Campaign Committee is already using the could-be hurricane as a cudgel against Republicans. The liberal advocacy group is starting to run Web ads in Florida criticizing congressional Republicans for having voted in the past against disaster relief.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is proud to announce our new blog ai??i??Ai??The Daily Change.

It will be spearheaded by former ThinkProgress investigative blogger Zaid Jilani. OnAi??this site, we hope to achieve 3 goals.

1) Investigative activism. Through practices normally associated withAi??investigative journalism, we will break actual news on this blog. There will be a special focus on campaign finance issues ai??i?? including connecting the dotsAi??between politicians, their donations, and their issue positions.

Whatai??i??s unique about this blog is that it will go beyond merely reporting theAi??problems. By connecting this blog with our million-person email list, weAi??will empower people to solve the problems reported on this site. Hence, theAi??concept weai??i??re coining here ai??i?? investigative activism.

2) Elevating progressive movement voices. There are a lot of greatAi??movement thinkers who offer reporting and commentary thatai??i??s much moreAi??insightful than what you hear in the corporate media. Many of these thinkersAi??believed in the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and supported ourAi??activism when we were just getting off the ground, for which we are veryAi??thankful.

PCCC members deserve to be aware of these inspiring voices. On this blog,Ai??we will highlight these progressive movement voices ai??i?? starting today.

3. Fostering community among PCCC members. Email is very useful forAi??communicating with a million bold progressives. Through email activism,Ai??weai??i??ve drafted Elizabeth Warren for Senate, revived the public option fromAi??the dead, successfully pressured the White House and congressional leadersAi??on many issues, flipped control of the Wisconsin Senate, and achieved manyAi??other victories since our launch on January 7, 2009.

But email has its limitations. We hope this blog can go beyond email to foster an ongoing sense ofAi??community and conversation among our members.

We predict that some major activism campaigns will inspired by theAi??comments on this blog. So if something in one of our posts sparks …