Deanies used song to stop Repub assault today
Here's the story of how the Dean supporters stopped the Young Republicans' assault today. I'm writing from the Dean Storm Center in Des Moines where I've talked to a few people who were there when...
View Articlevideo of Dean speech from audience perspective
Check out this footage of the now-famous speech taken by a Dean volunteer who was present in the Des Moines ballroom. Go to this site: http://www.idiomstudio.com/videoserversm/emergingStorm.html then...
View ArticleNew video footage of Dean's rebel yell in context
Check out this footage of the now-famous speech taken by a Dean volunteer who was present in the Des Moines ballroom:http://www.idiomstudio.com This clip puts things into a much better context, I...
View ArticleFORWARD THIS POSTING EVERYWHERE!
Please watch this actual footage of Dean's post-Caucus speech in Iowa, and then forward widely.http://www.deanport.com/caucusnight/ Don't let the media choose the candidate. Let the people see the...
View ArticleCNN donated $138,640 to Kerry; 3rd largest lifetime contributor is Time...
This well-researched letter to the editor is a draft by Roxanne Smith; she's still seeking feedback before sending it widely. I have questions at the bottom of this posting._____ CNN Donated...
View Articlenew progressive media infrastructure
I'd like to do some serious strategic thinking about progressive media infrastructure. Probably a lot of us are interested in working on this... Which efforts that are underway to-date seem to be the...
View ArticleDean vs. Kerry talking points
Dean has governed. Kerry has legislated, Dean has produced results in the field. Kerry has sat on committees and imagined results. Dean has balanced a budget. Kerry wouldn't know a budget if it bit him...
View Articlebeyond NH & 2004: help build progressive media infrastructure
The mainstream media is way powerful and we can't fully do an end-run around it. So, how could a new progressive media infrastructure get out progressive messages to the masses? I can think of 2 main...
View ArticleDean supporter Debate-watching fund-raising idea
Before watching the MSNBC debate (that starts in 40 minutes), you can pledge to contribute $1 or $5 per line used by another candidate that was originally a Howard Dean line! While watching the...
View ArticleIowa Polls and Peer Pressure
Polls of individuals on a phone can't take into account peer pressure in a room. Having observed an Iowa Caucus and talked to lots of other observers of the Iowa Caucuses, I think it would have been...
View ArticleJoin Trippi at Digital Democracy Conference?
Are any other DailyKos folks planning to go to the Digital Democracy Teach-In in San Diego on Monday? Here's the e-Democracy Teach-In description:http://conferences.oreillynet.com/et2004/edemo.csp I'm...
View ArticleKos' New Project: local vs. national, and e-democracy training
In this diary, I offer some suggestions and next steps for the new project Kos proposed last night:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/2/6/65751/26945 And, I'd love to have feedback on this. One concern...
View ArticleInfluence of Delegates at National Convention
How much influence do district-level delegates have at the Democratic National Convention? I received the most votes in my Congressional District as a Dean Delegate. I and most of the other Dean...
View ArticleCalifornia Dreaming: 15% for Dean?
I received the most votes in my California Congressional District as a Dean Delegate. Should I work to get out the vote for Dean? What are the chances of him getting 15%? And, is California like New...
View Articleblogs, Star Spangled Banner, MLK, and Gandhi
A few small acts have led to a great non-violence tool getting increasingly larger exposure: Last month I wrote a diary entry on DailyKos while in the Storm Center for Dean volunteers in Des Moines...
View ArticleTrippi warns that Dean Delegate campaign is unlikely to succeed
Joe Trippi just posted to his new blog that he felt obligated to inform Dean supporters who were working on electing Dean delegates in upcoming primaries that they are unlikely to succeed (Vermont...
View ArticleEdwards woos top Dean grassroots guru
The title of this diary is also the headline on Google news for this NYT story:http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/politics/24dean.html?ex=1078203600&en=e78a9c2d2e0457b5&ei= 5062&...
View Articleawesome anti-Constitutional amendment arguments
Here are some great lines/arguments we can use in this debate-- I heard this on the car radio yesterday and cheered loudly! It's syndicated from Dave Ross on...
View ArticleCFA to create campaign management consulting team?
The latest blog entry at Change for America spills a few more beans:http://changeforamerica.com/blog/archives/000074.html By reading the tea leaves, here is what I think CFA will become: a grassroots...
View ArticleNovak to spoof Wilson; Dean to speak to journalists
This Saturday is the annual Gridiron Dinner in D.C., and as usual, it's sounding pretty crazy: Robert Novak will go on the stage dressed up as retired diplomat Joseph Wilson, the outraged husband of a...
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