Ciro Rodriguez: Why I'm fighting to get elected

Ciro Rodriguez has just posted his first Kos diary. For anyone who needs a reminder, Ciro Rodriguez is the Democrat who's running against this guy (seen here getting the smooshy-face "Who's a good little subserviant Democrat? Yes you are! Yes you are!" treatment from Bush.)


So, let's hear what Cuellar's opponent has to say...

People often ask me why I am running for Congress. It's simple, I wanted to continue to do more to work for the people of this district and for the values that I believe are important to hardworking Americans everywhere.

This is a solidly Democratic district. Yet, we have someone in Congress who does not represent the people who live here. In fact, we have someone representing us who doesn't live in the district or keep his Congressional office in the district. We should not have someone in Congress who is consistantly voting on the other side of the aisle! It would be one thing if he was working to enhance Democratic values and morals, but he isn't. He has basically sold out to special interests, big money, Tom DeLay and his Republican pals.

Click here for the rest. And please recommend the diary if you're a Kos member.

Ciro Rodriguez for Congress
Ciro Rodriguez' Act Blue Donation Page

John Aravosis has more on why Ciro Rodriguez is worth supporting.

More from Kos: "Ciro is a good guy, a good Democrat. In the 107th Congress, Ciro was ranked 122 out of 213 in the party's left-right scale, right in the middle. He scored more liberal than such party stalwarths as Patrick Kennedy and Joe Hoeffel, and just behind Zoe Lofgren, John Dingell, and Corrine Brown.

"This is a guy who showed Henry Cuellar the ropes, introduced him to donors, to other Democratic congresspersons including the entire Hispanic caucus, mentored him, until DeLay redistricted them into the same district and Cuellar decided his personal ambitions were more important than the help and friendship Rodriguez provided.

"It's been about 23 hours since I started posting on this race, and in that time the netroots, Atrios, and Firedoglage ActBlue pages have collectively raised nearly $30K. The Cuellar people dismissed our efforts yesterday as a "one-day story". Too bad for them it won't be."


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