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Letter to the next DNC Chair Part 1: Work with the New Grassroots to build a...
(I wrote this while working in London on the Labour Party re-election campaign and watching the DNC Chair contest from a far. I wrote both parts before Dean wrapped up the race. Part 2 is here.)...
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Letter to the next DNC Chair Part 2: What to do with your email list
(This is Part 2 of a two-part letter written during the open Chair contest of 2005. See Part 1 here.) Your first day on the job, this is the only thing you should do: throw everyone out of your new big...
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Come on Paul!
“Yes, he’s in trouble, in that campaign managers, candidates, are really angry with him. He has raised $74 million and spent $64 million. He says it’s a long-term strategy. But what he has spent it on,...
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Fluorescent bulbs and the Revolution
Thanks to Al Gore, now everyone knows the planet is doomed if we don’t take IMMEDIATE ACTION. What kind of action? Start using fluorescent light bulbs. Drive a Prius. Encourage your mayor to put solar...
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Ask America Out
Like a lot of other writers here at HuffPo I’ve be asking, “Where the heck are the Democrats in this election on Iraq?” I can’t hear them, but I hear President Bush loud and clear every day. A friend...
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An Organizer’s Guide to Trusting the People
Often, we progressives fall back on blaming the American people for our failure to win elections or grow our movement. This is not only a self-defeating bad habit, it’s also based on a totally...
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An Organizer’s Guide to Trusting the People (repost)
Often, we progressives fall back on blaming the American people for our failure to win elections or grow our movement. This is not only a self-defeating bad habit, it’s also based on a totally...
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Will Obama put on the makeup?
Everyone knows the story about the 1960 Nixon-Kennedy debate. Nixon showed up at the debate pale, with a terrible 5:00 shadow, and his shirt didn’t fit. He refused to wear makeup to improve his...
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Which marketing guru to have with you in a fight (PDF 2007 report)
Seth Godin, Purple Pitt Bull I really enjoyed the Personal Democracy Forum conference this year. Unfortunately I missed Larry Lessig’s morning talk, but heard it was great. I arrived during the second...
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Don’t hire an Internet person
Every day I have the same conversation with at least one non-profit or campaign. They call and say, “Do you have an Internet person we can hire?” (Today I had four of these calls, and therefore this...
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