(Take back the House! – promoted by SFBrianCL)

I was at a party for East Bay Young Democrats the other night…and one of the activists there grilled me on who the vulnerable Congressional Democrats in California are based on the analysis I did with Joshua Grossman: Starting with the Districts

Here they are, in all their glory.  The California Five.  We’ll all be talking a lot more about these districts as the year progresses.

The California Five:

These are the five vulnerable GOP districts in California….districts whose voters are most open to a Democratic message but are now represented by Republicans.

Pombo, Dreier, Gallegly and Bono are all cogs in the machine that’s brought Californians the corrupt mess in Washington exemplified by Cunningham and DeLay.  All four of them voted YES on the recent Budget Bill gutting student loans and Medicare.  You can see by their voting records on Progressive Punch that there is virtually NO DIFFERENCE between these four.  No daylight, no moderation.  With the GOP, it’s a rubber stamp congress.  When they say they’re independent…we have to say BS.

We need five credible candidates, five well-funded campaigns, five grass roots fueled efforts…and we need to roll up our sleeves and use the blogosphere to make it known that with the GOP voting in lock step for two decades: as much as they’d like to pretend otherwise…they’re all tied to Tom DeLay.

I know that there is a ton of work to do in each one of these districts.  There is no time to lose.

I’m posting here on Calitics because, we NEED this blog, we NEED this discussion.

Anyone interested in these races or in coordinating activism state-wide please write me at:

kidoaklandactivism”at”comcast.net

I’m all ears.