All-Positive Week kickoff: house party for Bill Winter

There's a world of difference between the netroots types who frequent Drinking Liberally and the conservative folks who attend house parties in the southern suburbs. But there's no difference in the way CD6 Democratic nominee Bill Winter addresses either crowd.

Be fearless. Tell the truth. Let the chips fall where they may.

Most politicians memorize stump speeches. Instead, Winter speaks from the hip, expressing honest opinions. He reminisced about the days back when personal privacy and states' rights were Republican issues. He explained how America's current healthcare system shifts a costly burden onto businesses and taxpayers. And he talked about his plans to get our men and women out of Iraq.

Winter's polling shows that he's more in-step with CD6 than its current representative is. So he really only has two problems. Low name recognition and CD6's blind loyalty to the Republican party.

The solution to the first problem is for you - meaning you, the reader - to go out and start spreading Winter's name around. Say it with me. "Bill Winter."

The solution for the second problem? What can I say? It's time for the voters in CD6 to be a little less loyal to their party and a little more loyal to their country. America needs Bill Winter.