Our Chair Jim Dean travelled to New Jersey last Thursday to endorse New Jersey state Senator Loretta Weinberg, otherwise known as "The Godmother of Progressive Politics."  This is definitely a race to watch since statewide organization New Jersey for Democracy and local group Bergen Grassroots DFA are spearheading a reform movement and they are enthusiastically supporting Senator Weinberg.

Senator Weinberg

While members of her party met to pick candidates to run against her, Democratic State Senator Loretta Weinberg threw a party of her own Thursday.

With roomfuls of supporters, a chorus of folk singers and the brother of National Democratic Chairman Howard Dean cheering them on, Weinberg and her incumbent running mates, Assemblyman Gordon Johnson and Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, celebrated the opening of a campaign headquarters in Englewood -- and toasted to their status as party outsiders.

"We're going to beat the bosses, we shall not be moved," they sang to the accompaniment of guitar and hand claps.

"Just like the tree,

"That's standing by the water.

"We shall not be moved!"

The trio from District 37 scheduled their party as a counterpoint to a private meeting of the Bergen County Democratic Organization, which convened at Democratic headquarters in Hackensack to endorse candidates to run against Weinberg, Huttle and Johnson in a June primary.

When Senator Weinberg and her running mates win, this will not only be a huge victory for the Bergen County Grassroots DFA but it will have huge ramifications for New Jersey and across the country. DFA is taking back the country one county at a time...

Check out this Daily Kos post which includes a YouTube clip.

-Sheri Divers, Democracy for America