Meeting the Other Teams

Spent yesterday in Boston at Jock Gill's event - and another event that I have not remembered the name of. When I arrived at the breakfast, ended up meeting a lot of people - but the ones I spent the morning with:

• David H who was the Director of IT and Internet from the Dean campaign in the formative days,
• Frank Reta who was Dave's IT manager who is now running the Boxer tech side of the campaign,
• Mike Liddle from the Lieberman campaign who is now working the Democratic Convention Internet operations, and
• Josh Hender and Austin Lin - programming geniuses from the Clark campaign.

Other people might have generated their own opinions of the campaigns - but I am so impressed with the other guys from the other campaigns.

Dean and Super Tuesday

Thinking once again about what is happening in the world - especially with the bombing in Spain and the effect it is having with the markets - and then, watching how Bush first launches "positive" ads, and now launches some pretty "negative" ones.

What blows me away is the fact that they are intriguing distortions on "facts" that have beeen culled from various media reports and comments made by Democratic candidates. And what is "funny" is the fact that the plan from the Republicans seems to be highlight the negatives of Kerry so people will not notice the past four years of Bush. Very scary...

As for the challenge ahead for us - Super Tuesday was an amazing experience - in terms of fundraising - and endorsements (especially with the Governor coming by on Wednesday - check out this photo for a candid. The interesting thing will be what happens next - to keep our supporters engaged - and ready to vote come November.

Interesting efforts have begun with the tech supporters from Dean (Tech4Dean) and how they can engage the Presidential Campaign in helping GOTV and supporting our voter outreach. They are extremely enthusiastic - and we are in need of how to work with them in an effective manner. But we are discovering all sorts of interesting issues that require our research to make sure we work well together.

This weekend - Dick and I are heading to Boston to meet with Jock Gill and others about coordinating efforts with other volunteers. Will be interesting...

Sweet Smell of Success

It has been some time since I wrote about the campaign - and things that has been happening. Events like Super Tuesday were quite astounding - especially when Edwards decided to drop out. Then, the following day, the outpouring of donations has been so large that we broke all fundraising records - exceeding $1M in a 18 hour period - when all is said and done - we willhave come close to $2M in one 24 hour period - this with the help of Moveon.org and other supporters.

Now - with the nomination "sown up" - the question becomes how to handle the Bush juggernaught - and how to defend against his attacks. In addition, there is the need to demonstrate why JK is the person to be president given all of the opposition that the Bush machine is going to launch at him. His record is nuanced - but Bush likes to talk "black and white". Pundits and advisors love to say that the American public is only into these kind of statements - but can we leverage the Internet to demonstrate the nuance - and keep JK above the fray and speaking on the "vision" messages?