On Monday, April 18, Citizens for Global Solutions ran a full page advertisement in the New York Times that calls for three essential actions for the U.N. to take in Libya. We are reaching out to Americans because we now live in a new age where the international community has accepted its responsibility to protect. But you can’t protect babies from 30,000 feet nor should this be the job of the U.S. and its allies alone.  The United Nations must have the support and tools that it needs to get these jobs done:

1. Deployment of U.N. Peacekeepers On the Ground to Protect Libyan Civilians;
2. Provision of Food, Water, Medicine and Shelter for Displaced People in Libya;
3. U.N. Sponsored Elections to Bring Democracy and a Legitimate Government.

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Tom Perriello won in a ridiculously tight race in Virginia's 5th Congressional District. Long thought a hard seat to win from incumbent Virgil Goode, Perriello succeeded with a razor thin margin. You may remember Goode as the Congressman who railed against Muslims in general and Rep. Keith Ellison (MN-05) in particular in 2006 and 2007. His vitriol alienated voters across the country who sought a new way in the 2008 elections. Looking solely at Global Solutions issues, Goode received two F's and two D-'s over the last four years. Not the kind of Representative we'd like to see.

As I just posted, there are still some races pending. However, I wanted to get some numbers up to show how Global Solutions PAC has done so far.

On Friday, the Associated Press called the race in Washington's 8th Congressional District for incumbent Representative Dave Reichert. With 81 percent of the votes counted, Reichert leads Burner 52 to 48 percent.

We had supported Darcy Burner's challenge in this race. She conceded to Reichert late Friday night. Ms. Burner ran a great race and we are proud that we backed her principled and strong run.