We can't remove George Bush, but we can limit his powers in
Congress in 2006. Connecticut Citizens for Sound Government
(www.ctcitizens.org, formerly New Haven for Kerry) is working
toward this goal over the next two years. We start at home,
with the three Republican members of the House: Rob Simmons
(2nd district, Stonington), Christopher Shays (4th district,
Bridgeport) and Nancy Johnson (5th district, New Britain).
Remember, the first vote each cast in the current session
resulted in the election of Tom Delay as the Majority Leader.
Every seat we can change in Connecticut is one less seat for
the Republicans and one more for the Democrats.
We are starting today. The first step is to register more
Democratic voters, then have them vote in the 2005 elections.
We will focus on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Congressional Districts.
For the next three months we plan to conduct voter registration
drives in the areas where we stand the best chance of bringing
more people into the fold. In November, we will conduct an
absentee ballot and get out the vote drive using phone banks.
This will accomplish three major results. First, we will get
new voters in the habit of voting. Each voter we register will
be another vote in 2006 and one step closer to reducing Bush's
majority in the House. Third, we will use this as a dress
rehearsal for our activities next year.
Keep an eye out for the first drive.
We can change the government in Washington and we will do it
one vote at a time.
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The New Haven Democratic Party Meetup group is now active as
Connecticut Citizens for Sound Government. Visit www.
ctcitizens.org for more information about our group and
listings of area political events, or contact ctcitizens@gmail.
com.
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