Bloggers for Field

In recent elections, the blogosphere has become a powerful part of the political process. A candidate, however, cannot win an election solely based upon his or her support among net-root activists. It is therefore crucial that a candidate has as many volunteers as possible. Unfortunately, there are many people who do not have the time to personally volunteer for a candidate. There is, after all, only so many hours in a day. As a result, I would like to present a proposal of how you could potentially help the Andy Hurst for Congress campaign.

An Act Blue site, http://www.actblue.com/page/bloggersforfield, has been set up in order to raise money for the Hurst campaign. Through this site, donors would be able to assist Andy+óGé¼Gäós ability to reach out to voters across District 11. The first $4,000 raised will go towards hiring a field organizer, and the rest of it would be used as the campaign sees fit, with the understanding that it must be used for voter contact, or other field activities. The organizers of this site would also like to have the support of a vast number of bloggers, not just one person in particular.
The next step is where your help is requested. In order for the goal of at least $4,000 to be met, the word must be spread about the +óGé¼+ôBloggers for Field+óGé¼-¥ site. Obviously, if a significant number of blogs mention the site, it will be much easier to reach a large number of voters. If you could kindly provide a link to the site, http://www.actblue.com/page/bloggersforfield, on your website, it would be greatly appreciated.

Since the +óGé¼+ôBloggers for Field+óGé¼-¥ site will be launched on September 8 and run through September 31, it would also be wonderful if you could draw attention to the site by mentioning it in a post or another manner that you feel would be helpful. Any help you could provide, of course, would be appreciated.

For those of you who are interested, the following is the text that would appear on the +óGé¼+ôBloggers for Field+óGé¼-¥ site:

The Virginia blogosphere recognizes that +óGé¼+ôclicks don+óGé¼Gäót vote+óGé¼-¥, voters in fact vote. That is why we have created this page, to help harness our on-line energy, and take it off-line. Every dollar donated to this page will be an earmarked donation with 100 Percent going to Field activities. The first $4,000 will go towards hiring a field organizer, and the rest to be used as the campaign sees fit, with the understanding that it must be used for voter contact, or other field activities.

For $4,000 the campaign could send out about 1000 pieces of mail, maybe persuading 30 voters, or the money could be used to hire a field organizer which between October 1st and Nov 8th, can recruit hundreds of volunteers, persuade thousands more and turn them all out to vote for the Democratic slate in 2006.

We have picked Andrew Hurst, because the Hurst campaign is doing almost all of the field work for Webb in the 11th District, and as such, your donation to the Hurst Campaign will benefit both campaigns.

Sincerely,
Bryan J. Scrafford

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