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National Draft Gore Movement Strong and Thriving

October 9, 2007 By kerrylus

Many of you have shared with me your enthusiasm and interest in Gore being our next president. I understand that time and location has made it difficult for you to participate to the extent to which you may have liked in the national draft … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, action, al-gore, candidates, democrat, draft, gore, grassroots, national, president

Dukakis frets about Dem organizing

August 21, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

From the Globe's Political Intelligence blog:"We have to organize every damn precinct in the United States of America -- all 185,000," Dukakis told the Observer. "I'm serious. I'm deadly serious. I didn't do it after the primary [in 1988]. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaigns, dukakis, grassroots, national, organizing

Dukakis on grassroots organizing

June 27, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

sco and Below Boston both say this is must-see video; therefore it is must-see video. Full stop.sco's partial transcript:I wish I could tell you that Democrats around the country understand precinct based organizing, but you know they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaigns, dukakis, grassroots, organizing

US Senate Bill 1: Registering Bloggers

January 17, 2007 By dunster

To me, a lobbyist is someone who reaches out to politicians and office holders and tries to change what they think. If someone asks voters to contact their representatives, that's not lobbying. When (if) the voter makes the call, that's not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bloggers, free-speech, grassroots, national, senate

Finally, Decent Transition Coverage in the Media

December 11, 2006 By jcsinclair

In an earlier post I complained about the lack of good coverage of the activities of the transition working groups in the press, so its only fair that I point out an example of the type of article I'd like to see more of.  Yesterday's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: grassroots, transition

Live Blogging at Civic Engagement/K-12 Working Group Meeting

December 5, 2006 By susan-m

I will be liveblogging from the meeting in Millbury this evening. My blogs will be in the comments because it's easier then editing this post. 6:55 PM Lynne and myself, along with designermama (Barb) rolled up to the high school in Milbury … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: activism, grassroots, liveblogging, netroots

The Grassroots Scares Virginia Buckingham

December 5, 2006 By jcsinclair

Maybe I should introduce myself to Ms. Buckingham.  I'd never been very active in state and local politics before I got involved in the Patrick campaign.  If you'd asked me a year ago to name my state senator and representative … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick, grassroots, transition

Observations on the role of local committees in the election

November 28, 2006 By susan-m

I'm delighted of course, that Deval Patrick and Tim Murray won the election, along with our other democratic candidates but I am very disappointed that Deval and Tim (and our democratic candidate for State Rep.) lost in my town, and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: activism, governors-race, grassroots, hockeymom, local-politics, netroots, patrick/murray-06

Whom did you elect? (Yourself.)

November 25, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

This is exciting, but it's also daunting. Liberal politics used to involve trying to elect a hero to make everything OK. This is a remnant of at least two things: The legacy of the 1960's, when three genuine heroes (JFK, MLK, RFK) were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: governor, grassroots, massachusetts, patrick, social-capital

Tuesday 10/31 — Campaign ’06 Night at the Bell in Hand

October 27, 2006 By Tristan

Drinking Liberally has two Boston area chapters, and is about to add a third.  Come join us every week at Boston's home for all things progressive, and promote democracy, one pint at a time.  -- Boston: Wednesdays, Globe Bar, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign, democratic-leadership-for-the-21st-century, deval-patrick, drinking-liberally, election, grassroots, mass-democratic-future, tim-murray, volunteer

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