Rep. Kucinich and Progressive Democrats endorse Bonifaz

Submitted by Ofer Inbar on Wed, 08/23/2006 - 10:58pm.
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Bruce Taub, Massachusetts state coordinator for Progressive Democrats of America, writes on Blue Mass Group,

John Bonifaz, the only truly progressive Democratic candidate for statewide office in the 2006 Democratic Primary, has recently been endorsed by the Massachusetts Progressive Democrats of America.
Bruce is referring to a consensus decision made by all of the PDA chapters in Massachusetts to support John Bonifaz.

PDA was founded in 2004 by former members of Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich's presidential campaign, in coalition with grassroots progressive groups that formed out of Dean's and other campaigns. Congressman Kucinich, former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, this week also endosed John Bonifaz:

"We need more citizen leaders like John in elected office -- Democrats who are not afraid to stand up to
entrenched interests. John Bonifaz was the first to stand up in my home state of Ohio in the aftermath of the 2004 presidential election. He came to Ohio and demanded a full recount of the presidential vote when few others had the courage to do the same.

We need to take back our democracy and no position is better suited to lead this fight than that of Secretary of State. I stand with John Bonifaz in his vision for what our democracy should be about: public funding of elections to level the playing field for all of us, early voting to ease the burdens of voting on a workday, proactive enforcement of the Voting Rights Act and other reforms that will return voters to power."

P.S. Are you a Blue Mass Group regular? If so, please recommend Bruce's post!