Call to Action: Register 1,000,000 Voters

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Wednesday May 07, 2008 · 9:09 AM PDT

2008/05/07 · 09:09

The following diary lays out a detailed plan for registering at least 1,000,000 voters in time for the general election through an online network of volunteers called VoteZip.org. This project has been in development since early March, when a group of socially conscious and politically progressive graduates of Yale Divinity School (who currently are spread out across the country) conceived it.

There is actually much more to discuss than what is covered in the present diary. In the following days I will post follow up VoteZip.org diaries which will focus on the organization's egalitarian netroots power structure, how the service benefits people with disabilities, financial policies (including our forthcoming 501(c)(3) status), its immunity to legal challenges, plans and strategies for informing unregistered citizens of this service, as well as the occasional fun and interesting fact about voting and voter registration.

Poll

20 votes Show Results

Evaluate the VoteZip.org Proposal. What do you think?

20 votes Vote Now!

Evaluate the VoteZip.org Proposal. What do you think?

Great plan! Let's do this!

15 votes

This is a good plan. But I have a few issues/questions/concerns that I will address in a comment below

3 votes

Not Sure Yet. Need more info.

2 votes

Bad idea. Drop it.

0 votes

[UPDATE - Done! 20K Raised!!] Call to Action: Kentucky SD Attacked for Supporting Obama

SaintCog

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Thursday May 01, 2008 · 5:27 AM PDT

2008/05/01 · 05:27

I can't believe it. We did it (Eyes getting watery). $20,000 raised for Ben Chandler..

We raised $20,000 in 24 hours (many people commented that they were mailing checks, instead of donating online). Tomorrow I will post my take on everything we did, and what this means for the strength and influence of the netroots movement.

Great job everyone. What we have accomplished is the realization of those three simple but immensely powerful words that have driven this campaign from the start:

Yes. We. Can.

SaintCog

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Wednesday April 30, 2008 · 8:09 AM PDT

2008/04/30 · 08:09

$20,000 raised in defense of Congressman Chandler.

Every penny we raised here sent a clear message to undeclared Super Delegates who want to support Barack Obama. We are behind you 100%. Once you declare, we will not simply tally a notch on a chalkboard and forget about you. This is what happens to Obama's Superdelegates when they are attacked, no matter where they are from. We do not ignore our redstate candidates. We do not pick and choose who is important based upon where we will win. We see the value in every state in this nation, and we have the back of every Democrat in each one. That is the Democratic Party we represent. That is the Change that we are bringing to this country in November. We are all Democrats, and we all have the same goals. If one of us is under fire, we are all under fire.

Let us never forget that.

SaintCog

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Monday April 28, 2008 · 1:24 PM PDT

2008/04/28 · 13:24

Has it really come to this? Not only are Democrats bickering and flaming one another between the Hillary Camp and the Obama camp. But now we have further dvisions as well.

Now there's the Obama-should-not-have-appeared-on-Fox faction bitterly divided against the Obama-on-Fox-was-fine-or-even-a-good-idea faction. What now? Maybe one of the sides should begin a MyDD2.com site and can all flock over there and vent about how dumb and blind those other Obama supporters are.

But no, let's not stop there! We need to subdivide further. We also need two Democratic denominations according to which we all rally around whether Reverend Wright is a liablility for Obama and therefore Obama should reject and deonounce him, or whether Obama should remain with his former pastor because he can no more disown him than he can disown his white grandmother

SaintCog

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Wednesday April 16, 2008 · 12:57 PM PDT

2008/04/16 · 12:57

Yes, the title pretty much says it all. Click here and see for yourself. Click on the link at the top of the page that reads "Election Assistance Commission." It directs the aspiring voter to an EAC webpage that does not exist

SaintCog

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Tuesday April 15, 2008 · 11:15 AM PDT

2008/04/15 · 11:15

Over the past week, I conducted polls in both MyDD and DailyKos to see how people in both camps perceive the major news cable networks: CNN, MSNBC, and Fox. I was interested because in the past few months, as mot of us are painfully aware, MyDD has become a bastion for Clinton loyalists while DailyKos is primarily an Obama destination. Therefore, I reasoned that conducting polls on both sites would give a pretty good idea of how boosters for each candidate see media bias.

More below the fold...

SaintCog

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Wednesday April 09, 2008 · 5:11 PM PDT

2008/04/09 · 17:11

We polled perceptions of bias for MSNBC and CNN. Now it's time for Fox. I'm actually more interested in what people think about Fox's bias between the two Democratic candidates than the other two. For those who participated in the previous polls you will notice an additional option that I think must be included when discussing Fox and Democrats. Vote and discuss.

[This is my last brief poll diary (for all you "how is this a diary?" Nazis out there). Maybe there should be a polling section for DailyKos where folks can post merely to get a sense of what others think without getting slapped on the wrist.]

Poll

178 votes Show Results

Which best describes Fox's coverage of the Democratic Presidential Primary?

178 votes Vote Now!

Which best describes Fox's coverage of the Democratic Presidential Primary?

Pro-Hillary Bias

50 votes

Pro-Obama Bias

2 votes

Anti-Hillary Bias

3 votes

Anti-Obama Bias

68 votes

Fox has done a pretty good job at being impartial

12 votes

Fox has been equally unfair to both Hillary and Obama

43 votes

MSNBC Bias in the Democratic Primary

SaintCog

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Tuesday April 08, 2008 · 1:17 PM PDT

2008/04/08 · 13:17

This is a follow up polling diary from yesterday, when I asked for opinions about bias in CNN's reporting. Now let us turn to MSNBC's media bias in the Democratic primary. Much has been said in various diaries about MSNBC's reporting. But let's get the official DailyKos numbers shall we? Vote and discuss.

Poll

485 votes Show Results

Which best describes MSNBC's coverage of the Democratic Presidential Primary?

485 votes Vote Now!

Which best describes MSNBC's coverage of the Democratic Presidential Primary?

Pro-Hillary Bias

91 votes

Pro-Obama Bias

124 votes

Anti-Hillary Bias

57 votes

Anti-Obama Bias

25 votes

MSNBC has done a pretty good job at being impartial

188 votes

CNN Bias in the Democratic Primary

SaintCog

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Monday April 07, 2008 · 5:55 PM PDT

2008/04/07 · 17:55

I apologize for the brief diary. I just want to see what people's perceptions are regarding media bias in reporting on the Democratic primary. I have seen charges thrown back and forth that CNN favors this or that candidate, or that CNN is anti- this or that candidate. Well let's get some official DailyKos numbers, shall we?

Poll

349 votes Show Results

Which best describes CNN's coverage of the Democratic Presidential Primary?

349 votes Vote Now!

Which best describes CNN's coverage of the Democratic Presidential Primary?

Pro-Hillary Bias

262 votes

Pro-Obama Bias

15 votes

Anti-Hillary Bias

6 votes

Anti-Obama Bias

37 votes

CNN has done a pretty good job at being impartial

29 votes

Texas Caucus and Primary Maps

SaintCog

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Saturday March 29, 2008 · 9:50 PM PDT

2008/03/29 · 21:50

I'm a big fan of the Smart Board that CNN uses to track county results state by state. I want one of those for my house. If anyone is thinking of getting me an early Christmas present, please consider buying me a Smart Board fully equipped with whatever software will enable me to play with the county election results as they come in. Better yet, throw in John King also so I don't have to figure out how to use the damn thing.

SaintCog

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Thursday March 27, 2008 · 7:41 AM PDT

2008/03/27 · 07:41

I was waiting for something like this to emerge, but I always thought the Third Party conservative candidate would take the form of some wingnut fundamentalist/pro-life movement that doesn't believe McCain is a strong conservative. But now apparently the boogey man from the Clinton impeachment years, former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr, is rearing his not-quite-as-ugly head and threatening to run for president as a right wing anti-war third party candidate.

Poll

79 votes Show Results

Will there be a right wing third party candidate?

79 votes Vote Now!

Will there be a right wing third party candidate?

Nope. The right wing will be practical this year and not damage itself like that.

29 votes

Yep. Barr's going to throw his hat in the ring

7 votes

Yep. Some right wing religious nut will step forward

15 votes

Yep. There will probably be several right wing third party candidates, including Barr and aforementioned religious nut

20 votes

Other, more detailed option that cannot be neatly summed up in your pathetic and juvenile choices that you have arrogantly presumed to be the only possible options

8 votes

Phone Banking for Obama - Anecdotes

SaintCog

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Wednesday March 26, 2008 · 9:04 AM PDT

2008/03/26 · 09:04

First, I'd like to begin this diary by encouraging all fellow Obama supporters to phone bank in Texas to get all our county convention delegates out this Saturday. I hate to sound corny, but it is actually a lot of fun. People are generally very receptive and happy to hear from others who share their political views. And after most calls I hang up feeling great.

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