Orlando Sentinel: Grayson has another huge fundraising quarter

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U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson continues to convert his fiery partisan rhetoric and populist political stands into big campaign dollars.

The often-polarizing Orlando Democrat expects to report raising $803,000 in the first three months of 2010, a haul that will likely eclipse what all his Republican opponents have raised combined and leave him with $1.5 million in cash-on-hand. It's also enough to outpace nearly every other member of Congress for the second quarter in a row.

"Congressman Grayson is proof that you do not need to suck up to lobbyists and Wall Street to be effective," said Julie Tagan, a senior adviser. "He is the epitome of people power."

During the last quarter of 2009, Grayson raised $861,297, a total exceeded among congressional incumbents only by the $890,387 reported by U.S. Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., according to the Federal Election Commission. Berman, a staunch defender of Hollywood interests, is heavily backed by TV, music and movie donors.

But instead of tapping media interests for money, Grayson uses them to promote his brand of progressive pugilism. Grayson made a national splash in a House floor speech last fall, sarcastically blasting Republicans for a health-care reform plan that he said amounts to urging Americans to "die quickly."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/os-grayson-donation-leader-20100412,0,1942076.story

[chill_wind]

1. Excellent! And all of us who support him

need to help him make sure he keeps it that way.

k & r.

[Yuugal]

2. K&R

[Toasterlad]

3. Grayson Is Kucinich Minus the Nice

Which is a good thing. The money flooding into him is evidence that people are tired of the Democrats "sticks and stones may break my bones" policy. The correct response to someone calling you a pussy is not to say, "I respectfully disagree, although I think you make a good point." It's to point out how much of a dick they are.

Grayson has no trouble calling out Republican hypocrisy and stupidity, and I say bravo and well done.