Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, called for a call to action for progressives to fill the vacuum with goodness.

"Grassroots action is the key, it must start on the ground," Woolsey said in her keynote address at America In Solidarity' s NW Progressive Convention on November 10. "We must be more visible and we must reach out to independents and Republicans that agree with us."

Woolsey's keynote hit on Iraq, poverty, war and moral leadership and set the tone for a day that included addresses by Congressman Adam Smith, retired General Paul Eaton, and panels and workshops on civil liberites, clean elections, trade, immigration and health care. Woolsey's and Smith's presentations were taped by TV Washington and can be seen online. In the presidential straw poll, Congressman Dennis Kucinich won 51% of the votes and far outdistanced John Edwards and Barack Obama who tied at 18%.