{"id":298542,"date":"2010-02-09T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=66065"},"modified":"2010-02-09T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T20:16:00","slug":"kucinich-blows-grayson-out-of-1-spot-now-ahead-by-11000-votes-in-fdl-fire-dog-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/298542","title":{"rendered":"Kucinich Blows Grayson Out of #1 Spot, Now Ahead by 11,000+ Votes in FDL Fire Dog Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Suzanne's dog Token<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dennis Kucinich knocked Alan Grayson out of the #1 spot and now leads the field in Day 4 of the FDL Fire Dog Contest to determine which members of Congress will get FDL support in 2010.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Kucinich sent an email out to his list<\/a> asking supporters to vote for him, and is now ahead by over 11,000 votes. But Grayson is fighting back and now has a post up at The Seminal<\/a>, asking readers to vote for him.<\/p>\n

The top three vote getters will receive a $10,000 fundraiser on ActBlue and 500 voter ID’s in their district to assist in getting Democratic voters to the polls in November.<\/p>\n

Over 63,000 votes have now been cast. Each day at 3pm we announce the cumulative vote total, and Grayson had been in the lead since the Day 1 totals were announced.<\/p>\n

Anthony Weiner has also knocked Eric Massa out of the #3 spot since yesterday. Massa drops to 8th place, with Barney Frank, Barbara Lee, Raul Grijalva and John Conyers moving ahead of him.<\/p>\n

The bottom spot is occupied by anti-choice Rhode Island Democrat Jim Langevin with 7 votes.<\/p>\n

One of the things I was struck by during the health care battle was how badly we suffered because progressive infrastructure has not developed any reliable way for incumbent members of Congress to finance their races that doesn’t involve crawling to corporate lobbying interests. But Alan Grayson’s stunning 4th quarter haul in 2009, the highest of any Democrat in Congress at $861,000, came from low-dollar online donors expressly because<\/em> he has stood up to the banks as a member of the House Financial Services Committee.<\/p>\n

It is well within the means of online progressive communities to support that kind of independence in our representatives. Moreover, if we’re asking them not to compromise their votes by taking corporate cash, it’s incumbent upon us to help them do so.<\/p>\n

We had announced that we would close the voting at midnight tonight, but we’re going to keep it open until tomorrow morning and close it at 10am ET. The winner will still be announced at 3pm tomorrow.<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/em>Vote now for the 2010 FDL Fire Dogs<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Previous Posts:<\/strong> Contest Announcement<\/a>, Day 1 Totals<\/a>, Day 2 Totals<\/a>, Day 3 Totals <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

You can see the current standings after the jump. . . <\/span>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Member of Congress<\/strong><\/td>\nDay 4 Tota<\/strong>l<\/td>\nMember of Congress<\/strong><\/td>\nDay 4 Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kucinich, Dennis (OH-10)<\/td>\n18043<\/td>\nMiller, George (CA-07)<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grayson, Alan (FL-08)<\/td>\n6666<\/td>\nFudge, Marcia (OH-11)<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weiner, Anthony (NY-09)<\/td>\n4136<\/td>\nWelch, Peter (VT-AL)<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frank, Barney (MA-04)<\/td>\n2818<\/td>\nMitchell, Harry (AZ-05)<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lee, Barbara (CA-09)<\/td>\n1981<\/td>\nMurphy, Christopher (CT-05)<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grijalva, Raul (AZ-07)<\/td>\n1929<\/td>\nCarnahan, Russ (MO-03)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conyers, John (MI-14)<\/td>\n1887<\/td>\nCummings, Elijah (MD-07)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Massa, Eric (NY-29)<\/td>\n1800<\/td>\nTsongas, Niki (MA-05)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waters, Maxine (CA-35)<\/td>\n1796<\/td>\nEshoo, Anna (CA-14)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kaptur, Marcy (OH-09)<\/td>\n1329<\/td>\nRodriguez, Ciro (TX-23)<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DeFazio, Peter (OR-04)<\/td>\n1016<\/td>\nCourtney, Joe (CT-02)<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Doggett, Lloyd (TX-25)<\/td>\n890<\/td>\nVel\u00b7zquez, Nydia (NY-12)<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (FL-20)<\/td>\n778<\/td>\nHarman, Jane (CA-36)<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ellison, Keith (MN-05)<\/td>\n750<\/td>\nKagen, Steve (WI-08)<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pingree, Chellie (ME-01)<\/td>\n717<\/td>\nArcuri, Michael (NY-24)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pelosi, Nancy (CA-08)<\/td>\n692<\/td>\nCarney, Christopher (PA-10)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schrader, Kurt (OR-05)<\/td>\n681<\/td>\nDicks, Norman (WA-06)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woolsey, Lynn (CA-06)<\/td>\n657<\/td>\nDriehaus, Steve (OH-01)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waxman, Henry (CA-30)<\/td>\n630<\/td>\nHastings, Alcee (FL-23)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McGovern, James (MA-03)<\/td>\n601<\/td>\nStupak, Bart (MI-01)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edwards, Donna (MD-04)<\/td>\n467<\/td>\nDavis , Susan (CA-53)<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baldwin, Tammy (WI-02)<\/td>\n367<\/td>\nSherman, Brad (CA-27)<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McDermott, Jim (WA-07)<\/td>\n333<\/td>\nSutton, Betty (OH-13)<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shea-Porter, Carol (NH-01)<\/td>\n316<\/td>\nBerman, Howard (CA-28)<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hall, John (NY-19)<\/td>\n305<\/td>\nBoswell, Leonard (IA-03)<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polis, Jared (CO-02)<\/td>\n296<\/td>\nConnolly, Gerald (VA-11)<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tierney, John (MA-06)<\/td>\n290<\/td>\nHalvorson, Deborah (IL-11)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capuano, Michael (MA-08)<\/td>\n289<\/td>\nPrice, David (NC-04)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edwards, Chet (TX-17)<\/td>\n289<\/td>\nMoran, James (VA-08)<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kennedy, Patrick (RI-01)<\/td>\n281<\/td>\nOwens, Bill (NY-23)<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Filner, Bob (CA-51)<\/td>\n275<\/td>\nOlver, John (MA-01)<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jackson-Lee, Sheila (TX-18)<\/td>\n242<\/td>\nTeague, Harry (NM-02)<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hinchey, Maurice (NY-22)<\/td>\n236<\/td>\nKlein, Ron (FL-22)<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blumenauer, Earl (OR-03)<\/td>\n219<\/td>\nLofgren, Zoe (CA-16)<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clyburn, James (SC-06)<\/td>\n185<\/td>\nMcCollum, Betty (MN-04)<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schakowsky, Janice (IL-09)<\/td>\n183<\/td>\nMiller, Brad (NC-13)<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watson, Diane (CA-33)<\/td>\n183<\/td>\nAdler, John (NJ-03)<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Honda, Michael (CA-15)<\/td>\n180<\/td>\nLarsen, Rick (WA-02)<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yarmuth, John (KY-03)<\/td>\n176<\/td>\nLoebsack, David (IA-02)<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Murphy, Patrick (PA-08)<\/td>\n172<\/td>\nSchwartz, Allyson (PA-13)<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stark, Pete (CA-13)<\/td>\n163<\/td>\nBerkley, Shelley (NV-01)<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Farr, Sam (CA-17)<\/td>\n157<\/td>\nKratovil, Frank (MD-01)<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capps, Lois (CA-23)<\/td>\n154<\/td>\nShuler, Heath (NC-11)<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Markey, Betsy (CO-04)<\/td>\n153<\/td>\nBishop, Sanford (GA-02)<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inslee, Jay (WA-01)<\/td>\n151<\/td>\nDoyle, Michael (PA-14)<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hare, Phil (IL-17)<\/td>\n148<\/td>\nCarson, Andre (IN-07)<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kilroy, Mary Jo (OH-15)<\/td>\n144<\/td>\nOberstar, James (MN-08)<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holt, Rush (NJ-12)<\/td>\n143<\/td>\nClay, William Lacy (MO-01)<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garamendi, John (CA-10)<\/td>\n139<\/td>\nHimes, James (CT-04)<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giffords, Gabrielle (AZ-08)<\/td>\n139<\/td>\nJohnson, Eddie Bernice (TX-30)<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perriello, Thomas (VA-05)<\/td>\n139<\/td>\nSarbanes, John (MD-03)<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DeGette, Diana (CO-01)<\/td>\n137<\/td>\nSpratt, John (SC-05)<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nadler, Jerrold (NY-08)<\/td>\n136<\/td>\nTitus, Dina (NV-03)<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jackson Jr., Jesse (IL-02)<\/td>\n130<\/td>\nNapolitano, Grace (CA-38)<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dingell, John (MI-15)<\/td>\n129<\/td>\nEllsworth, Brad (IN-08)<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McNerney, Jerry (CA-11)<\/td>\n129<\/td>\nPeters, Gary (MI-09)<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Obey, David (WI-07)<\/td>\n118<\/td>\nVan Hollen, Chris (MD-08)<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kirkpatrick, Ann (AZ-01)<\/td>\n110<\/td>\nHill, Baron (IN-09)<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Delahunt, Bill (MA-10)<\/td>\n109<\/td>\nLevin, Sander (MI-12)<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salazar, John (CO-03)<\/td>\n107<\/td>\nMoore, Gwen (WI-04)<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Speier, Jackie (CA-12)<\/td>\n107<\/td>\nRush, Bobby (IL-01)<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bright, Bobby (AL-02)<\/td>\n106<\/td>\nSmith, Adam (WA-09)<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Castor, Kathy (FL-11)<\/td>\n104<\/td>\nLowey, Nita (NY-18)<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ackerman, Gary (NY-05)<\/td>\n102<\/td>\nMatsui, Doris (CA-05)<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wu, David (OR-01)<\/td>\n102<\/td>\nEtheridge, Bob (NC-02)<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Murtha, John (PA-12)<\/td>\n101<\/td>\nThompson, Mike (CA-01)<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schauer, Mark (MI-07)<\/td>\n100<\/td>\nTonko, Paul (NY-21)<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slaughter, Louise (NY-28)<\/td>\n97<\/td>\nBrady, Robert (PA-01)<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bishop, Timothy (NY-01)<\/td>\n96<\/td>\nIsrael, Steve (NY-02)<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gutierrez, Luis (IL-04)<\/td>\n93<\/td>\nPomeroy, Earl (ND-AL)<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skelton, Ike (MO-04)<\/td>\n93<\/td>\nScott, Bobby (VA-03)<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, Corrine (FL-03)<\/td>\n92<\/td>\nAndrews, Robert (NJ-01)<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Braley, Bruce (IA-01)<\/td>\n90<\/td>\nKind, Ron (WI-03)<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maloney, Carolyn (NY-14)<\/td>\n89<\/td>\nWatt, Melvin (NC-12)<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cohen, Steve (TN-09)<\/td>\n87<\/td>\nPascrell, Bill (NJ-08)<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payne, Donald (NJ-10)<\/td>\n85<\/td>\nQuigley, Mike (IL-05)<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chu, Judy (CA-32)<\/td>\n84<\/td>\nPeterson, Collin (MN-07)<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michaud, Michael (ME-02)<\/td>\n84<\/td>\nRothman, Steven (NJ-09)<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perlmutter, Ed (CO-07)<\/td>\n84<\/td>\nLarson, John (CT-01)<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cleaver, Emanuel (MO-05)<\/td>\n83<\/td>\nEngel, Eliot (NY-17)<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foster, Bill (IL-14)<\/td>\n83<\/td>\nJohnson, Henry (GA-04)<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Markey, Edward (MA-07)<\/td>\n80<\/td>\nSchiff, Adam (CA-29)<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luj\u00b7n, Ben Ray (NM-03)<\/td>\n79<\/td>\nMcIntyre, Mike (NC-07)<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walz, Timothy (MN-01)<\/td>\n78<\/td>\nMollohan, Alan (WV-01)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heinrich, Martin (NM-01)<\/td>\n77<\/td>\nKildee, Dale (MI-05)<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boucher, Rick (VA-09)<\/td>\n76<\/td>\nRoybal-Allard, Lucille (CA-34)<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fattah, Chaka (PA-02)<\/td>\n75<\/td>\nSires, Albio (NJ-13)<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DeLauro, Rosa (CT-03)<\/td>\n74<\/td>\nLangevin, James (RI-02)<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Becerra, Xavier (CA-31)<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n64027<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Vote now!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Suzanne's dog Token Dennis Kucinich knocked Alan Grayson out of the #1 spot and now leads the field in Day 4 of the FDL Fire Dog Contest to determine which members of Congress will get FDL support in 2010. Yesterday, Kucinich sent an email out to his list asking supporters to vote for him, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}