County Party Building

By: Sam
Published On: 9/14/2005 1:00:00 AM

First of all, Raising Kaine PAC is NOT associated with any candidate or candidate's committee.

Secondly, one project that RaisingKaine PAC has been working on recently is county party building.  There is, for instance, one rural county that gave over 60% of its vote to Mark Warner.  So, that county has a strong Democratic party, plenty of money, detailed voter rolls, etc., right?  Wrong.  Their county party is a couple people who pass out lit. at the polls.  That's it.  We've seen this all over the state, overlooked counties who could be fantastic at bringing out Democratic votes.  Some are more Democratic than others, but one thing is the same: They have no resources.  Raising Kaine has been working to rebuild local parties over the past few weeks, supplying them with short term needs (e.g. literature about the T-L-C ticket), and longer term needs (e.g. voter lists and donor lists).  We've been working hard, but we've hit a wall.  By 5:00PM TODAY, we need to come up with another $350.

I HATE asking for money, and I wouldn't do it if I didn't have to.  But the need for this cash is very real, and we need it to send a major print job to the shop NOW.  All we need is ten people each willing to invest $35 in rebuilding our county parties from the ground up.    If you can only afford a smaller donation, that's fine.  Even $10 makes a difference, and if you can afford to give more than $35, please do so.  Please look at the top right of this page and click the "Click and Pledge" logo to donate now.  Every donor gets a free set of Tim Kaine, Leslie Byrne, and Creigh Deeds bumper stickers.

Thanks,
Sam (sam@raisingkaine.com)

PS: Just to make it clear: We are NOT the Tim Kaine campaign, but we do urgently need money by 5:00 PM today.  Please make it happen, folks.  Tim Kaine is within the margin of error in the most recent poll.  Kaine has the momentum, and projects like this could have a profound impact on this race, and in other races for years.  Please give what you can.  Thank you.


Comments



You should post this (Lowell - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
You should post this on DailyKos...


You people are fanta (Sam - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
You people are fantastic!!!!  I spent my whole day at school stressing out about this, and when I got home I couldn't believe my eyes!  Thank you SO much for making this project a reality.

(But don't stop there!  We can use every dollar.)



"If you watch even 1 (Steve Nelson - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
"If you watch even 1 second of PBS and don't donate....You're stealing!" -Simpsons


This is like late Oc (Josh - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
This is like late October on PBS.


Just got lucky #7. (Brian - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
Just got lucky #7.  Just three to go and will have met Sam and Steve's goal/challenge. 


$30 more...from me. (KathyinBlacksburg - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
$30 more...from me.  Wish it could be more.


We are now at 6 dona (Brian - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
We are now at 6 donations today. 


Good idea, Steve. (Brian - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
Good idea, Steve. 

We are now up to 4. (Thanks Josh!) 



I'm in for $20. (Josh - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)


Well let's not stop (Steve Nelson - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
Well let's not stop there. You wanted 10 donations of $35, so let's get 10 donations of any amount. We can get 7 more donations! Just spend the extra on another initiative.

Come on, who here spent $2 on coffee today or $50 at the gas pump? Chip in a few bucks.



Thanks to everyone f (Brian - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
Thanks to everyone for the donations and especially Sam for working so hard on this project. 

Since this post went up, we have received three donations.  The two mentioned above and one more. 

People like you all are the reasons Tim is going to win in November. 



I just sent you the (John McCreery - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
I just sent you the $350. Party building is what the Democratic Party needs. Dare I say that Tim Kaine reminds me a lot of Howard Dean.


Sam: You kick ass! (Lowell - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
Sam:  You kick ass!  Now go check your e-mails and see what I wrote you... :) - Lowell


Thanks, Steve! Your (Sam - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
Thanks, Steve!  Your stickers will get in the mail tomorrow.


I just sent $25, goo (Steve Nelson - 4/4/2006 11:28:06 PM)
I just sent $25, good luck