The President is on TV daily, asking for a Grand Bargain to end the sequester. And despite some tepid mewling against "slashing entitlements" the Democratic congressional leadership is on record in the past saying that if the House Republicans will take yes for an answer, they'll go along. To have a stalwart progressive like Ed Markey, who's in a tough primary battle with ConservaDem Stephen Lynch, sign the Grayson-Takano letter is a real mark of political courage.



Ed Markey is a natural successor to the Kennedy legacy in Massachusetts and this is why. He has the courage to stand up to the Republicans and his own Party when the lives and dignity of average working families are at stake. Blue America believes that this is the kind of courage we need more of in the US Congress.

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Alan Grayson put it well:



We need more leaders like Alan Grayson, Mark Takano and Ed Markey. If you can, please consider contributing to their election campaigns.

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We are all in this together,

Digby, for Howie, John, and the Blue America team

Yesterday Ed Markey joined Alan Grayson in the "Congressmen With Guts" club by signing the letter to President Obama vowing to "vote against any and every cut" to our social safety net. Imagine this kind of courage working for us in the Senate! Let's make it happen. Please donate what you can today.

Ed Markey has shown the courage to stand up to Republicans and even his own Party when necessary. More of this, please? If you can, help Ed have what he needs to secure the "Kennedy Seat" in the Senate. Thank you!

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