Y'all know how I feel about the republican party. I'm mad. I'm tired and I'm ready to deliver a 1000 surprise pies to the faces of the GOP.
While everybody has been focusing on the big races for U.S. Senate and U.S. House and the high profile races in states like Texas and Florida and Wisconsin, we've been building something that could help the literally tens of thousands of state and local Democratic candidates nationwide who are struggling for just a little support.
There are 6,048 legislative seats up for grabs this year. There are 2,161 school board seats in contention this year as well. The number of city commission and county commission seats - I can't even add up right now. Many of these seats will be won (or lost) by just dozens of votes.
Back in July, we came together to fund a virtual call bank for small state and local campaigns who had problems affording more expensive calling platforms. It's been a rough journey and not everything worked out the way I wanted it to. But in the end, we developed our own system from the ground up and now it's available to campaigns across the country for access ranging from $49 to $249. <------- Not a typo. Please don't ask me if it is. It's not.
But even better, we understand small campaigns. It's not just the access to a platform, but also a lack of access to large numbers of campaign workers to reach out to voters - that's what really kills us. If you're Wendy Davis, people swarm your website everyday and press that VOLUNTEER button. But how in the world is a city commission candidate from Apalachicola Florida supposed to find help?
We've built a lifeline. And now I need your help. We have only three weeks left until the election. Local and state candidates need your help and there are three ways you can help them:
1 - Spread the word!
All the campaign needs to do is contact us to get signed up. We'll assess how we meet their needs and that's it! The system is simple and easy and secure. They can get the platform without our callers ($149). They can opt for the platform and hire our paid, vetted, seasoned Democratic callers ($49 + .40/call). If they have their own platform, and just need callers, we can do that too. For those campaigns who don't have money for paid callers, we offer a matching service. We have a stable of people who care about state and local Democrats and have asked to be notified if a state or local campaign needs volunteer callers. We're happy to direct those heroes to those campaigns.
2 - Sign up to make calls! 'Nuff said. This is what makes the difference for these campaigns.
(Oh, I have a form for that. But I'm not posting it here because...as we well know, Daily Kos is not all liberals and Democrats. So if you want to make calls, paid or otherwise, please send me a private message through
the crappy kosmail and I'll tell you where to sign up. Sorry for the extra step. But...I don't want any trolls or republican plants in our system. Period.
3 - (and this is very important) Subscribe to Bold Blue Magazine. What? You thought I was independently wealthy and just paid to have the platform made and hosted and what not? LOL. I wish. These services are 100% paid for by subscribers to the magazine. The low prices are a result of subscribers to Bold Blue Magazine. Our subscribers make it all possible. And even though the 2014 season is coming to and end, we're already making big plans for 2016 (I can't wait to reveal these amazing plans to you!) and we still need your support. Together we can make a huge impact on state and local elections. Partner with us to continue build this movement. Choose $10/month subscription or more. Or less. Every dollar helps.
Here's a video I made for you that pretty much says everything I typed in this diary, if you're not inclined to read it. It's the TLDR version of this diary.
And here's a short version video of the call bank platform.
And one more thing: World renowned media trainer and communications expert (and Bold Blue Media Training partner) TJ Walker has offered to give away his Media Training for Democratic Candidates. It's an unbelievably generous gesture and he has only a few hundred more free slots available. So if you know a Democrat that could sue some help with communications (cough cough) even at this late juncture, the course is worth it. Or you could pay TJ $10,000/day to come train you in person. Here's the link. Feel free to share it.
We can real blindside the GOP on November 4th by wining thousands of small, unassuming races across the country. But taking over school boards and tipping the balance on city commissions and county councils. We can push our mayoral candidates over the top and make sure we get our choice of sheriffs into leadership. This is how we blindside them and this is how we win. Together.
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