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...]
Dukakis frets about Dem organizing
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...]
Dukakis on grassroots organizing
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...]
US Senate Bill 1: Registering Bloggers
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...]
Finally, Decent Transition Coverage in the Media
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...]
Live Blogging at Civic Engagement/K-12 Working Group Meeting
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...]
The Grassroots Scares Virginia Buckingham
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...]
Observations on the role of local committees in the election
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...]
Whom did you elect? (Yourself.)
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...]
Tuesday 10/31 — Campaign ’06 Night at the Bell in Hand
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...]