The Chicago Tribune notices the Bush Dog campaign and reports on Mark Pera’s primary challenge to Dan Lipinski. You should take notice, too. We’re going to beat a lot of Republicans in 2008. We are going to beat them like a drum…like a red-headed step child. Want evidence? One…count it, one Democratic congresswoman, Kirsten Gillebrand (NY-25) has more cash-on-hand right now than the entire National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). The NRCC is responsible for contesting 435 races. They can’t even compete with one freshman Democrat. It’s astonishing. But, do you know what that means? It means that the Democrats don’t need your help right now. What they need is your boot…your boot…in their ass. The most important race in 2006 was the Democratic senatorial primary, where Ned Lamont told Joe Lieberman to get the fuck out of the Democratic Party and to stay the fuck out. That election set the tone and gave our challengers the courage and gumption to absolutely take it to the Republican incumbents. Screw the consultants…who were these challengers going to believe? Rahm Emanuel or their lying eyes?

And it’s not even just about putting a boot in the Democrats’ asses. It’s about getting a better breed of Democrat in Congress so they can deal with the half-ass oatmeal Democratic presidency of, most likely, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Progressives don’t have any motivation to lift a finger for her. But we have a lot of motivation to kick out DLC Democrats that stand to take over the whole party again, if she wins.

I’m beaten down. I’m frustrated. And I’m not going to ask anyone to go out an bust their ass for any Democrat that isn’t fighting for our rights, to end this war, and to hold criminals responsible for their actions. Lipinski isn’t doing shit. He’s a disgrace. And he has a primary challenger. I want this race in the worst way. I want to bounce Dan Lipinski out on his pocket meat. Lipinski is a no rape, no incest exception, anti-choice asshole who takes money from the Back America’s Conservatives PAC. No shit.

Lipinski is against stem-cell research. He’s against ending the war in Iraq. He’s $25,000 in debt to energy lobbyists.

I want him gone. I want him to be politically humiliated. And I want every other Bush Dog to tremble in fear when they see what happens to this guy.

I’m sorry. I’m fed up. And a lot of other people are fed up, too. You can tell from the reception Chris Dodd received for just showing a pulse last week.

Senator Dodd’s campaign communications director Hari Sevugan tells me that $150,000 in small contributions have poured into Dodd’s campaign in the past 24 hours, since his announcement that he will put a hold on–and may even filibuster–a foreign intelligence surveillance bill approved yesterday by the Senate Intelligence Committee…

Dodd has raised more small-dollar contributions in the last 24 hours than he did in the previous month. Sevugan also says the number of visits to his website is up tenfold, as is the number of people registering their e-mail addresses there.

That’s some pent-up political energy right there. Dodd also jumped from 7% to 21% (and second place) in this month’s Daily Kos straw poll. Contribute to his campaign. Hell…I don’t care if you like Edwards or Obama better…make sure we have a candidate that is sticking up for us in the race.

I know you are pissed off. Channel that energy. It’s time to get serious about punishing DEMOCRATS!!