Three and a half months ago, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen released a pair of "preemptive" press releases trying to put "distance between herself and President Bush." Of course, as Joe Sudbay at AMERICAblog wrote at the time, "if you have to say you're not a `rubber stamp,' it's too late."

Joe was right - Ros-Lehtinen, my opponent for Congress in FL-18 (downtown Miami, Miami Beach, City of Miami, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, and all of the Florida Keys), is a Bush Rubberstamp. She's voted with her President more than 85% of the time, marching with him lockstep for the war in Iraq, against SCHIP expansion, and in favor of privatizing Social Security.

Bumped -- Annette will be liveblogging here at MyDD for the next half hour or so. Ask her some questions, give her your thoughts, and have at it.

Thank you to the Netroots community. My campaign to bring a new beginning to South Florida (FL-18: South Beach, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, and the Florida Keys) has been endorsed by the Orange to Blue program that is working to elect more - and better - Democrats across the country.

Todd at MyDD wrote a great piece about my time at Netroots Nation. I have been endorsed by AMERICAblog,  Blue America and right now, we are number one on ActBlue!

Yup, we are on a roll and none of this would be possible without YOU!

Cross-Posted at Daily Kos, Open Left, and Swing State Project

This weekend, we saw once more that no matter what happens in Iraq, there is no end in sight to this war unless we demand it.

For the people of Congressional District 18 in South Florida, getting out of the war in Iraq is a top priority.

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