Fests, Fighting Bob, Labor and Otherwise

Coming up quickly as we head into the "real stretch" of the campaign after Labor Day, when people start paying attention to the race, we have a lot of work to do to get organized. A couple of big events are coming up where we'll have a presence to evangelize the gospel of John Edwards and to sign on new supporters.

If you're in the Madison area, we have LaborFest with the South Central Federation of Labor. If you're anywhere near Milwaukee, we'll be partnering with the Milwaukee County Labor Council at their giant LaborFest. In addition to showing solidarity with our brothers and sisters in the labor movement, we want to be there to recruit from one of our most natural constituencies; the folks of organized labor know their champion when they see it. In the past couple of years, John Edwards has been involved in over 200 actions with organized labor, including marching picket lines, organizing workers, working to get the minimum wage raised in six states, negotiating union contracts, and campaigning for ardently pro-labor candidates. When it comes down to it, organized labor can't afford another Republican president and we need to stand with them to elect a good Democrat. But that's just it, another Clinton-like presidency can't be afforded by labor either (see: NAFTA, Big Business influence on labor and economic policy) - we need to stand with them to elect someone who isn't just looking for the support of labor to get elected, but instead one who is a passionate supporter of and advocate for the Labor Movement. Let's join with them on Labor Day - Madison and south central Wisconsin and Milwaukee

And later that week, in Baraboo is the annual Fighting Bob Fest, hosted by the Man, Ed Garvey - doing more than any one person to keep alive the tradition of Wisconsin's original Progressive. FBFest is going to be around 8,000-10,000 people, many of them coming in from Iowa. Actually, Bob Fest is the largest political gathering in Wisconsin every year, larger than the Democratic and Republican conventions - combined! This is a chance to spend time talking with the really progressive folks in Wisconsin. Can you join us there?.

We need folks out to keep this grassroots campaign moving right along. Hope to see you there!