Primaries ya'll!

Iowa and New Hampshire, much maligned as they are, have the advantage of being retail politics states that are difficult to purchase. Not so South Carolina and Nevada--and certainly not New York, Florida and California. The only thing that will win those states is money and effort on the ground. Lots of it.

If you still believe that Edwards and Kucinich can positively affect this race and truly fight on in a way that matters, I strongly encourage you to give. Give until it hurts. And donate your time.

Those of you who, like me, believe in the transformative potential of Barack Obama's campaign--or even those of you who believe that he's the only one who can stop the DLC from getting its ugly claws back on the White House--know what you have to do.

If you care about this country and its future, these opposition candidates need your money. If you live in one of the Super Tuesday states, but especially and more importantly, South Carolina and Nevada, they need your organizing power. They need your hard work--your canvassing legs, your mouths and hands on the phonebanks, your exuberance and energy.

The firewall against incremental change starts here.

Fighting online is certainly no longer enough--it never was, but never is that truer than now. If ever progressive politicians needed your support, now is the time. Besides, the money race matters to the traditional media as one of the storylines.