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  <title>NEW: Draft Sestak Fund (PA-Sen Primary Against Arlen Specter)</title>
  <author>SestakPoll.com - PCCC</author>
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    <email>boldprogressives@gmail.com</email>
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  <blurb>&lt;p&gt;Over 7,500 people voted in a grassroots Straw Poll asking people: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;quot;Should a Draft Sestak movement be created to take on Sen. Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary?&amp;quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;85% in Pennsylvania and 86% nationally said yes. This poll allowed the grassroots to weigh in on a process previously dominated by party insiders. For those who support drafting Sestak, this page gives you that opportunity to contribute to that cause.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://SestakPoll.com"&gt;The grassroots Straw Poll&lt;/a&gt; was sponsored by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in partnership with the Pennsylvania Progressive, Keystone Progress, PA-based Afro-Netizen, PA-based Open Left, Daily Kos, Democracy for America, and other progressive partners. This page does not represent a formal endorsement, but rather a vehicle for those who supported the draft movement to take action.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If Sestak chooses not to run, funds in the draft account will go to ActBlue, a vital piece of progressive infrastructure that allows Democratic candidates to raise funds online way more easily than Republicans. (Thanks, ActBlue!)&lt;/p&gt;</blurb>
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        <displayname>Joe Sestak for Senate Draft Fund</displayname>
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        <raisedcount>46</raisedcount>
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          <website></website>
          <donate>https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/22228</donate>
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      <raisedamount>998.00</raisedamount>
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      <pageblurb>This fund raises money to encourage Joe Sestak to become a Democratic candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2010.</pageblurb>
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      <entity id="21594" link="http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/21594">
        <displayname>PCCC - Progressive Change Campaign Committee</displayname>
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        <sortname>pccc - progressive change campaign committee</sortname>
        <contributionlimit>5000.00</contributionlimit>
        <raisedamount>332436.70</raisedamount>
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          <website>http://</website>
          <donate>https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/21594</donate>
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      <pageblurb>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TIP JAR. Any contributions, most appreciated.&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please consider adding a contribution to the PCCC, which helps bold progressive congressional candidates get elected to Congress. Not just Democrats -- progressive Democrats.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is led former MoveOn.org organizers, labor organizers, Democratic campaigners, and the co-inventor of RSS.&lt;p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The PCCC&amp;#39;s activism has been featured by the New York Times, Politico, Huffington Post, ABC, NBC, and others.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;OpenLeft&amp;#39;s Chris Bowers calls the PCCC &#8220;an exciting new piece of progressive infrastructure.&#8221; Rep. Tom Perriello says, &amp;quot;It&#8217;s a tremendously experienced group who have seen what works and what doesn&#8217;t work.&amp;quot; Digby writes, &#8220;This is an essential component of progressive politics.&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can you chip in today, to help the PCCC get more progressives into Congress?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</pageblurb>
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