mentioned that I spoke with another congressional candidate, this one in Florida, about important issues. When I mentioned specific tough issues, she punted, reverted to generalities and made excuses about hanging up. When I asked her about the Chained CPI I wasn't sure if it was ignorance or a desire to play everything close to the vest. When I asked Daylin about Chained CPI, I felt like I was on the phone with Bernie Sanders or Raul Grijalva. "At a time when corporate profits, executive compensation, the stock market and wealth disparity are at near record highs, it is obscene to even consider balancing our budget on the backs of seniors and veterans," he instantly responded. "I fully supported President Obama's election, but I can't support any drift towards corporatism to appease tea-party extremists."

And he had a lot of answers like that to my questions. When I asked him how to deal with Medicare, he reminded me of Alan Grayson: "Some complained that the Affordable Care Act was over 2,000 pages. My health care reform would be two words. Where it says in the law that people over 65 are eligible for Medicare, I would cross out 'over 65.' Done."

Although we've been following his career since 2011, we just had our first conversation yesterday and we're satisfied enough that he's the real thing that we've made him an official Blue America endorsee. His record in the state legislature made the process a lot faster. (Besides he has the funniest website I ever saw from a politician.) Meanwhile, if you'd like to contribute, you can do so on our ActBlue page. We're working on setting up a live online chat. But you'll get a pretty good idea who he is if you watch the video above.