Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
As Jane Hamsher noted today, Marcy Winograd, the progressive challenger to Jane Harman in CA-36, released a letter savaging Harman for her support of the Eshoo amendment on biologics in the Energy and Commerce Committee. Though Congressman Waxman (D-Santa Monica/West LA) had introduced an amendment for a 5-year fast-track of generic biologics, Harman joined with Rep. [...]
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Anna Eshoo (D-PhRMA) may be the author of the language granting drug companies endless monopolies on biologic drugs, but she couldn’t have done it without the help of her good friend Jane Harman. A new letter from the Marcy Winograd campaign says: The latest health insurance reform bill includes an amendment, supported by Jane Harman, [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis can afford the medicine they need to stay alive. Marcy Winograd is challenging Blue Dog corporate Democrat Jane Harman in the June 8, 2010 Democratic Party primary. In 2006, when Winograd jumped into the race just three months before the primary, she mobilized almost 38% of the vote. To learn more about the campaign, visit Winograd4Congress.com...
Last Left Turn Before Hooterville (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Marcy Winograd has an excellent diary up at Daily Kos (please read/recommend if you're so inclined!) regarding the pharmaceutical industry's stranglehold on patents for "biologics" - cutting-edge, life-saving drugs. The new health care bill includes an amendment by Representatives Anna Eshoo and Joe Barton which will grant 12 years of patent protection for these biologics. Marcy...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... Deal. Fight the COLA freeze. Make some noise. Long live Social Security! Congressional candidate Marcy Winograd, of Progressive Democrats of America, is challenging Jane Harman (CA-36) in the June 8, 2010 Democratic Party primary. In 2006, Winograd mobilized almost 40% of the vote in only three months of campaigning. To learn more about her campaign, visit winogradforcongress.com...
Last Left Turn Before Hooterville (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Last night, I attended a local event for David Swanson, who is currently touring with his new book Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union , sponsored by Winograd for Congress 2010, Progressive Democrats of America, Code Pink, Westside Progressives & Ilene Proctor's Great Mind Series. Lila Garrett from KPFK's "Connect the Dots" and Marcy...
democrats.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... Democrats of Los Angeles Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains Westside Progressives Winograd for Congress CONTACT THE EVENT ORGANIZERS: Ilene Proctor proctor at anet dot net Marcy Winograd Winograd4congress at gmail dot com _____ November 24, 2009, Orange County, CA 7 p.m. at Teamsters Local 952 140 South Marks Way Orange, CA 92868 Phone: 714.740.6200...
democrats.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... Democrats of Los Angeles Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains Westside Progressives Winograd for Congress CONTACT THE EVENT ORGANIZERS: Ilene Proctor proctor at anet dot net Marcy Winograd Winograd4congress at gmail dot com
democrats.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... We're thrilled to have three great progressives in primaries: * CA36 (Los Angeles): Marcy Winograd is re-challenging BlueDog Jane Harman. Marcy is a dynamic leader of the peace and justice movement. In 2006, Marcy got 38% on a shoestring. This time, she already has great TV ads. * GA12 (Savannah/Augusta): Last week, Regina Thomas decided to re-challenge BlueDog John...
Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... party, I co-authored the resolution with savvy longtime activists Karen Bernal of Sacramento and Marcy Winograd of Los Angeles. Bernal, the chair of the state party’s Progressive Caucus, said on the evening of Nov. 15: “Today’s vote formalized and amplified what had been, up to now, an unspoken but profoundly understood reality — that there is no military solution...
democrats.com (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... civil liberties abuses, and whether that shift should be credited to the primary challenge made by Marcy Winograd, which Winograd is renewing next year. At about 1:01 Harman responds. She claims not to have altered her views whatsoever, which is of course demonstrably false. As McGovern points out, her initial response to the publication of a report on warrantless spying was...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
... rooted in local politics. Dday goes on to discuss the primary challenge against Jane Harman from Marcy Winograd, who got a pretty substantial 38% when she ran against Harman in 2006. Winograd is a true blue liberal and her candidacy obviously has Harman running scared. But I don't think it's only the primary challenge that precipitated Harman's comments. I do think there is...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
... but the shift here is more likely rooted in local politics. In 2006, progressive antiwar activist Marcy Winograd engaged in a primary challenge to Harman, thought to be more conservative than her coastal district, which includes the wealthy Westside Los Angeles communities of Mar Vista and Venice, and then points south to LAX Airport, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and...
