Take Back the Fifth is a site dedicated to building a grassroots movement for the 2010 Congressional Midterm Elections. We are bringing together writers and contributors from all parts of the district to build a strong coalition of Democrats to help the eventual Democratic nominee in 2010.
What we hope to accomplish here is building an organization for the eventual nominee in 2010, keeping the heat on Garrett for his extreme views and votes, and promoting viable candidates to run for the seat.
We want to organize NJ-5 town-by-town, competing for votes in every part of the district, and exposing Garrett for the true right wing ideologue he has been in Congress.
Garrett too often gets a free pass because voters are uninformed and unorganized. Once they know his record and how it affects their day-to-day lives they will be more open to supporting a Democratic candidate.
In such a diverse district spanning from the Pennsylvania border to the Hudson River organization will be difficult and their is no time to lose. This sites main purpose it to facilitate conversation, provoke action, and most importantly keep Garrett’s feet to the fire on his extreme stances in the next Congress.
We look forward to the start of a real grassroots movement and retiring Scott Garrett from the House of Representatives.
3 responses so far ↓
f lynn // November 30, 2008 at 9:35 am
need to list Garrett’s voting record for the past two years. believe that will convince people.
Margareta Tuckman // December 3, 2008 at 7:58 pm
As highly desirable as it is to elect someone who will truly represent the 5:th congressional district I think there are additional issues that need attention as well.
Take a look at the election district boundaries both here and in most other states. How are they decided and who decides? Should there not be a better system in place that would do a nonpartisan job of designing the election districts instead of the gerrymandered results we are saddled with with its “safe” Republican or Democratic districts. Is that democracy? I don’t believe that unseating Garrett is a viable proposition under current election districts absent his getting caught in some kind of political scandal.
msimonson19 // December 4, 2008 at 4:24 am
flynn, you will see an abbreviated listing of Garrett’s voting record in my December 1st post.
Margareta, thanks for leaving a comment! I agree that we need to take another look at how Congressional districts are drawn in America. This district is a perfect example of how badly the current system needs to be overhauled. Unfortunately it is what we have to work with in trying to defeat Scott Garrett, BUT that doesn’t mean we can’t do it. If everyone who despises Congressman Garrett’s voting history puts in just a little hard work then it should be easy. That’s what this blog is here for – to organize people, in the same way as it was done for President-elect Obama, to bring change to Northern New Jersey.