But one of my frustrations is that we have a great candidate in IA-4 who has a decent chance to win if he could get some buzz in the MSM. He isn’t on the ActBlue list, or any of the other lists. He is almost surely not the only progressive Democrat who is being lost in the shuffle of picking candidates.

Could we have a spot that individual candidates could drop the appropriate photos and other info into, without having the work done by the Blue America PAC folks? Or is it possible to create a template on line and have individual campaigns do the legwork on supplying whatever is needed?

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Sorry. Didn’t read all the way through as to reasons why etc etc.

Bygones!

All I remember from the ad is the name of the guy you’re not supposed to vote for. And the song, of course… Love the song.

It’d be a great ad if it mentioned Rowley.

Susan in Iowa @ 115

Susan, Blue America is only a part of the wider ActBlue fundraising network. If you search ActBlue for federal candidates in Iowa, Seldon’s name comes right up. In fact, Seldon’s own website links to ActBlue for its online fundraising!

And looking at the sitemeter info about who’s looking at FDL right now separated by time zones . . . based on their most recent slice in time data, more folks have logged into FDL from the Central time zone than from the Pacific time zone. This isn’t just a coastal blog that flies over the rest of the country! ;)

Peterr, I got Selden hooked up with ActBlue when I heard he was running and couldn’t find a link to contribute. But having your name pop up in a search isn’t the same as being on the Blue America page or lists like the Progressive Patriots Fund and Boxer’s PAC for a Change. In Iowa, the people who are on those lists are the same people on the DCCC lists: Braley and Boswell. Being adopted by progressive blogs and PACs translates to fundraising, which attracts buzz, which attracts fundraising. My fear is that we (Democrats) will leave possible wins on the table this year by concentrating on a few races.

I live in Dave Mejias’s district (he is running against Peter King) I can talk to the campaign.

I get the impression that Peter King is mean, a drunk, and unabashedly supported the IRA, which I believe was a designated terrorist organization.

How can this man possibly win reelection?

Oh, he’s ugly, too.

Rayne @
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Susan in Iowa, cbl — you know, you could open pages in the Roots Project site to get things started. (http://www.staterootsproject.org)

In regards to ActBlue: I know there are problems with setting up local candidate pages depending on STATE financial reporting and election regs; …

Rayne, Selden Spencer is running for Congress, so the state rules aren’t an issue. My recollection is that Howie said 11 states have candidate pages, when he was here with Ben Rahn the other day.

My idea is that we are running out of time to get one candidate a week on FDL for a chat, or for special attention elsewhere. It might be helpful to do some things that any candidate could use, even with young inexperienced people running their campaigns.

Susan, Blue America is only a part of the wider ActBlue fundraising network. If you search ActBlue for federal candidates in Iowa, Seldon’s name comes right up. In fact, Seldon’s own website links to ActBlue for its online fundraising!

And looking at the sitemeter info about who’s looking at FDL right now separated by time zones . . . based on their most recent slice in time data, more folks have logged into FDL from the Central time zone than from the Pacific time zone. This isn’t just a coastal blog that flies over the rest of the country! ;)

portia.vz @ 123

That’s fucking brilliant! Can any candidate use it and insert the appropriate pics and text?
More of this please. I’ll be humming it all day.
And Ricki Lee’s voice is sooo sexy.

Will Howie’s video come with instructions on how to customize for the candidate? I take it that Howie cannot send this directlt to his Blue America candidates that he has brought to FDL? So, we need to forward to our local candidates ourselves?

Have I got this right?

So I am not sending the Rowley video that is at the top of this thread, I am waiting for Howies video which will be ready in a day ro two?

Yes?

Yes. As a PAC, this connection and coordination with candidates has to be outsourced, as it were, to anyone interested in making those connections. Have at it!