{First, a quick plug for my blog Senate Guru.}

As we await the historic vote on health care reform, it’s important to remember that we’re just ten days away from the end of the first fundraising quarter of 2010.  The fundraising totals reported in this quarter will be pivotal to determining the tenor of many races for the rest of the year.  If there is any time to contribute, now is the time!

Please head over to the Expand the Map! ActBlue page and contribute whatever you are able to these terrific Democratic candidates for Senate.

Remember, the contribution you can make isn’t just a donation to a single candidate or political campaign.  It’s an investment against Republican obstruction (and conservaDem enabling) and an investment toward achieving that more perfect union.

We had a great time at the Q3 Quarterly, up in SF. Mark Leno stuck around for quite awhile, as did AD-15 candidate Steve Filson. We sort of took over much of the bar for the evening, but Nickie’s was a pretty rockin’ place for such an event. It’s no Zeitgeist, but, well, it’s no Zeitgeist.  On a warm evening like yesterday, I’m sure it would have been crrrraaazy.

A few more pics over the flip. Flickr set here.

Paul Hogarth of Beyond Chron with Jen Longley

Mark Leno chatting up the crowd.

Steve Filson drops by…it was toasty at the bar on a warm SF indian summer night.

Just a quick item here. We’ll be doing the Q3 Calitics Quarterlies on Sept. 19. Locations and times to be announced.  Prices will be the same as last time, whatever you can afford. And, of course, you can always give to the ActBlue Page.