Announced jointly from all of us at MyDD

The more the progressive blogosphere continues to grow -- whether it be our readership, our community, our influence -- the more complex things we can accomplish. So with the retirement of the Blue Majority ActBlue effort, the various partners from that project can now embark on more targeted fundraising goals unique to each blog's interests. As you know by now, Markos has created the Orange to Blue list with its own criteria and OpenLeft is targeting "Bush Dog" Democrats who enable the President. And here at MyDD, we've just created our "Road to 60" list to win a Senate supermajority.

Jonathan, Todd and I have written extensively about the infrastructure advantages of the Democratic party this year. We've looked at Obama's 50-state strategy, McCain's impending game of state-by-state catch-up, and the financial inequities between the Congressional and Senatorial committees.

But in the end, we're most excited about the progress that can be made in the Senate and the potential for a 60-seat supermajority (without Lieberman).

The Republican Senatorial Committee's website quaintly encourages supporters with a reminder that they need only "two seats to capture the Senate," but  we all know just how unrealistically rosy that outlook is. Chair John Ensign admits a goal of losing only 3 seats, calling this election the toughest for Republicans since 1974, the era after Nixon resigned.

Ensign also tells Republican donors to think of the Senate as a "firewall" to a Democratic President and House. And so should we.

So we're happy to announce MyDD's Road to 60 fundraising effort. Between now and the election, we'll be profiling and targeting several Senate races that themselves serve as the NRSC's firewall against our getting to 60. They will include seats that the GOP simply should not lose...and if they do, then we know 60 is within reach.

Our hope is, with your help, to turn longshots into competitive races and competitive races into top tier ones - and above all to make the Republicans spend money to defend and retain seats where they've never had to before. We're going to douse that firewall.

Sixty (true) Democratic Senators would bring a game-changing supermajority to Washington and essentially ensure an unobstructed working progressive majority.

Admittedly, this campaign is a bit more tactical and less ideological than others - but we will always highlight the progressive work of the candidates profiled and encourage them to stand up for progressive values. This campaign also reward Democratic challengers who not only understand that we need to challenge everywhere but are actually stepping up to do it, even in the reddest of states and districts. We need to encourage challengers to stand up, especially those that can't self-fund, and that's what our Road to 60 list will strive to do.

We'll be introducing our first Road To 60 candidate soon, and will roll the rest out over the coming weeks. I hope you'll help out. It won't be easy to decide how to distribute our finite resources this year, considering the deep pool of quality challengers we have to choose from at every level. But remember, the fact that Democrats are competitive in so many red districts and states is a testament to the 50-state strategy and the "compete everywhere" mindset we've been pushing for years. This is what we've asked for, so we'd better be prepared to step up.