DNC 08 Reports – Live, or Mostly Live
I’m not there, but you knew that. I am, however, watching on the web, CSPan, identi.ca and Tw*tter.
I suggest you track the MOMocrats, DaveWiner, CSpan, Baratunde and QueenofSpain for live reports. Donna, (@Socalmom) called into NewsGang Live to discuss the challenges of being in Denver, navigating through protests and riot police, and her reasons for being at the convention. She said she’d try to call daily in while there, to give us updates and impressions. You can join us on our live stream and chat daily from 1-2 PDT on UStream.tv.
Sphere: Related ContentSwag-O-Rama: Help the Momocrats get to Denver!
My friends the MOMocrats are on their way to Denver for the Democratic National Convention after being selected as one of the official blogging organizations. This is a very, very big deal. They were selected based on the quality and focus of their blog.
I was fortunate to meet most of the Momocrats at BlogHer08 and I can honestly say that I’ve never met a more intelligent, engaged group of women. Their selection as convention bloggers was a wise one on the part of the DNCC, and I’m looking forward to their reports from the convention.
However, getting and staying there isn’t cheap. I was wrestling with the same dilemma if I had been chosen. They’re raffling off 21 very cool swag bags. Each opportunity is $3. I’m thinking of going for #3 or #21. If you’re not interested in the swag but want to support them, they gratefully accept donations, or will donate your winnings to an appropriate women’s and children’s shelter.
As an added bonus, if you decide to help them out and leave a comment here, I’ll post one never-before admitted to confession over on the personal blog for each comment here. Or if you’d prefer, I’ll post someone else’s confessions. 
Please help them get to Denver. You won’t regret it.
Sphere: Related ContentTake the MOMocrats $27 Challenge
MOMocrat PunditMom put out a challenge awhile back, and now the MOMocrats are throwing it down to the rest of us.
Here it is, in a nutshell:
Several months ago, I read Melinda Henneberger’s book, If They Only Listened to Us: What Women Voters Want Men to Hear. As she was promoting her book, Henneberger quoted a statistic in one article that if every woman who voted in the 2006 national elections had contributed just $27 to any presidential candidate or party, we would pour $1.3 billion dollars into the political system.
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I’m asking each of you to think about cutting back on the Starbucks just a little bit and contribute $27 to the candidate or political party of your choice. It doesn’t have to be John McCain or Barack Obama. It doesn’t even have to be a presidential candidate — there are plenty of candidates running for national and local offices who could use a little extra cash to get out their messages. If we pool our money, so much the better. But imagine what our $1.3 billion dollars would do, even as individual contributions, to increase the volume of our political voices. Even John McCain would have to sit up and take notice of the issues we think are important.
If you take the $27 challenge and decide to contribute to Obama, would you also consider doing it via my fundraising page? No obligation here, I’m with PunditMom, in that I’d really just like to see every person who votes scrape together $27 and give it to the campaign of their choice.
Imagine the power of $27, multiplied by every voter in this country. Isn’t that public financing at its finest?
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