A message from Progressives United (Feingold):

[Jackpine Radical]

{Jackpine},


Governor Scott Walker's attack on working men and women in Wisconsin has helped put a real face - better yet, hundreds of thousands of faces - on the cost of corporate influence in politics.

And every night that the protests in Madison dominate the news, that awareness is growing.

Wisconsin is currently ground zero for this fight, but make no mistake, big money and corporations are waging these battles all over America.

I founded Progressives United so we could stand up to these very forces that are hijacking our democracy. But I need your voice to do it.

Where else do you see the corrupting influence of corporate power? Where else, as Progressives United, should we take this fight?

Share your ideas about where we need to broaden our fight against corporate political influence today -- and vote for the ideas that your fellow progressives share, too.

Together, we’re going to keep fighting each and every day until we win in Wisconsin.

As the prank call with a fake David Koch made clear, Governor Walker views himself as part of a larger corporate conservative agenda. Walker talked as though he worked for Mr. Koch, and he's using his big-government-at-its-worst approach to test the waters of busting up unions for Mr. Koch and his other right-wing corporate backers. This is a national fight for conservatives and we must take this opportunity to make this a national fight for progressives.

It cannot end in Wisconsin.

So we've launched a project so members of the Progressives United community can share their ideas about where else we need to take this fight, and your fellow progressives are counting on your participation.

Help set the agenda for Progressives United. Weigh in on how – and where -- we should be focusing our energy.

Last year, as I worked with colleagues to pass the DISCLOSE Act, the news media did not give significant coverage to the rising problem of corporate influence in politics in a post-Citizens United America.

But the protests in Madison -- and Ohio, and Indiana, and now in every state in the country – show Americans far and wide already understand how dangerous the problem is.

We need to decide how to expand what started in Wisconsin to the battle against corporate influence nationwide. What should we focus on next?

Share your ideas with the Progressives United community and me -- and vote up the other ideas you think are best.

After barely more than a few weeks in office, Wisconsin's Governor Walker has damaged our state for years to come. We can't let the same thing happen to our nation. We need to fight back. United.

Thank you for uniting with progressives,



Russ Feingold
Founder
Progressives United

P.S. I founded Progressives United to give people like you a greater voice in our political system and fight back against the corrosive corporate influence in politics. Now I need progressives like you to join me and tell us where you think we should take our fight next.

I hope you’ll share your ideas and join this critical dialogue today.

[polichick]

1. I hope this group turns into a force to be reckoned with! k&r

[Matariki]

2. "And every night that the protests in Madison dominate the news"

Am I missing something here?

[disillusioned73]

5. I paused when I read that as well...

then I realized he may be speaking of the local coverage and I am way over here on the East coast. The corporate "media" has definetely dropped the ball.

[hfojvt]

3. my idea is that Russ should take the fight to a Presidential primary

Not because he could win, but because he could give some representation and a voice to progressives who are not happy with Obama and other elected Democrats.

In 1968, Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy entered the Presidential race to give a voice to the anti-war movement. We need somebody to stand up and give a voice to the anti-class war movement because clearly neither Obama nor Kaine are such a voice.

[polichick]

4. Agreed - it would help differentiate the Democratic Party from Republicans...

...by focusing on the people vs corporations - no matter who got the nomination.