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August 06, 2004
Democrats Across the Board Are Pleased
"I can't even think of a single really dissonant note in four days,'' Carter Eskew, a top strategist for Al Gore's campaign in 2000, said. "I don't think there's been a convention in history in which that's true. We sat there in 2000 and looked at how Bush was able to tack to the middle with absolutely no blowback from the core constituencies of the Republican Party and said we should only be so lucky. Guess what? John Kerry is that guy."
Even the opposition was impressed.
"It's so tough for me to say to you on the record, and by that you know what I think," a Republican operative said when asked how Mr. Kerry did on Thursday." I think Kerry had a terrific convention. He presented an image that will be attractive to independents and undecideds. The convention was successful in giving the leopard new spots. For people who are just meeting Kerry for the first time, they made it tougher for our attacks to stick."
Frank Luntz, a Republican pollster who set up a focus group in Cincinnati for MSNBC, said 14 of the 20 undecided voters in the room gave Mr. Kerry high marks, with 4 who cast ballots for Mr. Bush in 2000 switching by night's end.
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August 01, 2004
johnkerry.com is way better!
Wow, they've done an incredibly better job on the Kerry website. Kudos to whoever is working on it. Some of the great changes include getting rid of this strange Kerry Core idea and making that just volunteers. This now includes volunteering and fundraising.
They have a single page now that is your dashboard for all the way to get involved. As reminder, you can still contribute to the campaign in four ways:
- Kerry directly. Click on the link to contribute. With the general election starting, this actually goes towards legal and administrative expenses, but since money is fungible, a $1 here means a $1 more for everything else. $2,000 limit applies.
- DNC. This goes to the DNC's election Kerry fund. $25K per person limit, it is not formally part of the Kerry campaign, but they'll use it to get out the right messages about issues and Bush.
- Move On. Probably the best known of the 529s, these folks are doing great ads
- ACT. Related to Move On, these folks are getting out the vote amongst key voters (e.g., inner cities of battleground states).
- Congress.org - Find National and Local Media. This is a way to send email blasts to your favorite local and national media.
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