In the describes 2006 primary, baseball state conclude Marcy Winograd won a surprising 38% of the vote in her grass-roots, antiwar, pro-civil-liberties challenge to incumbent Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice), who has since shown that she got the message with her more outspoken condemnation of the Bush administration. Winograd's remarkable showing was in no small part because of the emerging effect in California and elsewhere of Progressive Democrats of America, which contributed to the Democrats winning the House and Senate in 2006. Stephen RohdeLos AngelesBai forgets to mention that "Democrats may well make history this presidential season by nominating, for the first time," a Latino candidate who is also considered a Western candidate: Gov Bill Richardson of New Mexico. Born here in Pasadena, Richardson exemplifies the new Western progressives Bai writes about. Bai, like much of the mainstream media, ignores Richardson and his accomplishments. Mark Haskell SmithLos AngelesSince World War II, only one candidate who wasn't from west of the Mississippi or south of the Mason-Dixon Line has been elected to the presidency, and that was 47 years ago. Ignoring the changing demographics (and, thus, electoral votes) of the U. S.
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