Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, famous houseguest
Those of you who followed the Dean campaign may remember “Jonathan K-T”:http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1499053, one of the campaign’s most accomplished networkers. He recruited hundreds of people to join the campaign, he helped campaign staff in Burlington on dozens of tech projects, and he generated a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for the campaign. Oh — and he did [...]
Drinks with Dean
Last year, I was amazed when Joe Trippi “recognized me”:http://www.rklau.com/tins/archives/2003/08/05/youre_rick_klau.php. It gets better.
Friday night, I attended a private reception for Howard Dean that was primarily a “thank you” event for many of us who’d been involved in the Dean campaign from the outset. It was a great opportunity to see folks I hadn’t seen in [...]
Dean: Technology, campaign strategy and what went wrong
Just got back from guest lecturing at the “Harris School of Public Policy”:http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/ at the University of Chicago. I was asked to join “Pat Quinn”:http://www.state.il.us/ltgov/ and “Kevin Conlon”:http://www.wcstrategies.com/who_we_are/staff/conlon.htm to talk about political leadership; Quinn, to talk about his decades of service protecting consumers in Illinois, and Conlon and I to talk about the Dean campaign.
Dean campaign debrief
Carl with a K has an “advance copy”:http://carlwithak.com/archives/000148.html of what is probably the best post mortem on the Dean campaign. For those who would like to pin the campaign’s demise on the software, or the Internet, or the new supporters… this is well worth a read. The answer is both more straightforward and more depressing [...]
Dean on March 18: “Democracy, Freedom, Action.”
I’d say “this”:http://www.whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=democracyfreedomaction.org indicates what the name of the new Dean organization will be…
(Thanks to Eric Davis for the find.)
Dean fans will recall these three words were the cornerstone of his “September 23, 2003″:http://blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/001557.html speech in Copley Square, Boston.
“Democracy and freedom, forged through action. That is the story of America.
“It is also our hope [...]
Dean’s web team goes commercial
There are some interesting developments afoot from the former members of the Dean web team. Some from the team are involved in “Change for America”:http://www.changeforamerica.com/blog/ (Joe Trippi’s umbrella organization of grassroots activists). Here’s another new entrant: “Blue State Digital”:http://www.bluestatedigital.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1, a for-profit consulting firm that will apply the lessons learned from the Dean campaign to communications, [...]
CNN Presents - Inside the Dean Campaign
Interesting: Sunday night, CNN is doing a one-hour “inside the Dean campaign”:http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/presents/ special. Included at the link are some pop-ups about campaign staff, a timeline, and other items. Not sure how revealing this will be, but might make for some interesting watching.
Me? I’ll be cleaning the house after my -3- 4 year-old’s birthday party. Maybe [...]
5 minutes to explain the Dean phenomenon
I have been invited to present to a high-powered group of Illinois Democrats on Monday morning. The group will include Governor Blagojevich — and the subject is how to energize the grassroots people who’ve felt out of touch with the Democratic Party. My role is, as someone closely involved with the Dean technology crew, to [...]
Who’s got the power?
While you have to admire the cojones and sense of humor demonstrated by the Dean press corps in their choice of “gifts”:http://mathewgross.com/blog/archives/000068.html to Howard Dean upon his exit from the race, it’s still enough to make you sad.
What’s worse than Howard Dean withdrawing?
You know the worst part of Dean withdrawing? The thousands of Dean supporters all over the country who are now spamming every known e-mail address associated with the campaign with their own grand plans for how we can get Dean elected.
I admire persistence. And I appreciate the sincerity of the effort. But enough already!
If you’re [...]
