Emily's List

WASHINGTON – Today, EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock released a statement reacting to comments made by GOP Senate candidate Wendy Long. The Buffalo News reports that Long claimed efforts made by her party to limit access to birth control were “a complete fabrication” and dismissed Republican attacks on women’s health and finances as “this whole phony war on women.” Schriock responded:

“It seems impossible that Wendy Long could have missed the last year and a half her party spent attempting to roll back the clock on women’s health and make it harder for women to care for their families. But we’re happy to educate her – the Republican war on women is very real. And New Yorkers know it

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I'm up in New England visiting friends and working on a special project I hope to show off next week - a video you can send to friends that explains why voting for Republican Richard Burr is the worst choice you can make at the polls this November.

Quick Hits:

• Elaine Marshall did an amazing job on WFAE last night. We couldn't be there, but we caught it on the web.
• Speaking of Elaine, you should VOTE FOR HER RIGHT NOW in this EMILY's List poll and send it to all of your friends!
• Ann Newman is having a fundraiser next week and making a big splash in House 103, which is easily the most competitive NC House district held by a retiring Republican.
• The Farm Team has started a big facebook ad campaign to build our network for election season. We're asking our friends to join our network and Donate Hamiltons to Beat Burr. By the way, if you'd like to help as well, Retweet us or donate here!
  

Now that John Edwards has confessed his affair, the blogosphere has stopped talking about why the mainstream media wasn't covering the allegations, and started talking about whether and how it matters.

It matters to me, and here's why. [Cross-posted at my Mojo Mom blog]

Frontpaged by James.

North Carolina's own Elizabeth Edwards has teamed up with with MoveOn.Org and Emily’s List to promote electing more women to Congress.

In an email sent today, Elizabeth writes:

Health care is an issue that is really close to my heart. And I know it matters to a lot of Americans, particularly mothers. But time and again, Republicans have blocked progress on expanding health care—most recently the expansion of the children's health insurance program—and on so many other important issues.

That's why we need to elect more progressive women in Congress in 2008, to stand with President Obama on healthcare and other key issues.