This is our series on The Insurgent Political Campaign: How to Contest Red Congressional Districts with Tangible Results, (which you could call):
How to Find Someone Who Will Present a Good Campaign, Spend the Time, Energy, Money and Effort to Create Solid Tangible Results and Still Get Their Ass Kicked.
Stuart O'Neill's The Insurgent Political Campaign has created Blogcasts and Podcasts in this series as listed below.
[For those using MP3 players to listen to these Podcast our RSS address is http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheInsurgentCampaign . For those listening online, know that you can surf around and work on other things while listening to the Blogcast.]
But first listen to this introduction and this will give you the ideas and motivation behind:
The Red District Campaign: Introducing 'The Insurgent Campaign' (5 mins)
These broadcasts are not all short. And sometimes they are not simple, easy listening. And this is just the beginning of The Insurgent Political Campaign Series! [Update: As time has gone on the quality of the recording and the file size has gotten better as I have gained experience in the format. Patience!]
The full Series begins with:
For our First Podcast/ Blogcast, the topic is the fast approaching campaign season for every Congressional District, which means there will be 435 campaigns in the House alone looking for volunteers, and the fact we need to have a better understanding of how to effectively make use of the campaign that is going to lose! Absent a miracle there are lots of those districts. Also, for those of you in Blue Districts where the Republican stands no chance and your candidate is guaranteed a victory: Why should you get involved....heavily involved?
Here are some suggestions and answers today, along with resources to consider in today's broadcast. 3.19.05
How to Contest Red Congressional Districts with Tangible Results (14 mins)
How to Create The Tangible Foundation for The Red District Campaign
These next two broadcasts are about the new generation of Tools that are available to The Insurgent Political Campaigner. They can just as easily be used by established campaigns...but they are particularly effective for the start-up group of Activists that are laying the foundation for an effective Campaign then going out to find the Candidate. 3.22.05
Red District Congressional Campaign- Tools Part 1 (12 mins)Red District Congressional Campaign -Tools Part 2 (12 mins)
This is a broadcast on Fundraising (mostly non-traditional) with your new PAC and some reference material/Tools every campaign needs! 3.23.05
Red District Congressional Campaign- Tools and Your Own PAC (16 mins)Two fact-filled sections on Congressional District Campaign Committe fundraising for Seed Money and more. One Congressional Campaign Manager has told me these broadcasts have changed his planned low-impact, low-return very traditional approach competely. 3.38.05
Red District Congressional Campaign- CAmpaign Committee Fundraising- Seed Money (16 mins)Red District Congressional Campaign- campaign committee Fundraising- Not just Seed Money (7 mins)
Today's broadcast is on the sensitive topic of Political Action Committee's and campaign committee's. There is much mis-information in the Activist World about both. In particular, when you need one and how to inexpensively form one! This should answer most of the questions. 4.01.05
Campaign Committee's and When Do You Need One? (7:30 mins)The heartblood of any campaign is the Volunteer staff. But the volunteers need direction and effective leadership to make every moment worthwhile and effective. It is with the use of multiple political databases that the Campaign Leadership can craft the best use of time and energy. Sounds a little dry and boring? It's the true guts...the rubber meets the road...of any campaign! Listen and learn how to create power for your Campaign and gain respect from the Political Professional. Today's,4.09.05, Pod/Blogcast is:
How to Create Effective Campaign Databases for The Insurgent Campaign (10 min)See The Political Dogfight for an example of a very, very small 527 media budget leveraging TV ads in small markets into big PR in the fight against Tom Delay. For most readers and listeners you are also in small markets and even the smallest PAC can have the greatest impact. And here's how: 4.11.05
Using Small Media PAC Buys for Effect and PR (4:30 min)
The Insurgent Political Campaign isn't easy. It isn't simple. And yet it may be the best method of helping convert, or at least compete in, a Red District. Today's broadcast is about the tenacity and long-term view needed by the Insurgent Campaigner and the benefits that will bring. Senator Bill Bradley has authored a brilliant article March 30,2005 in the New York Times on the subject of a necessary Long-Term effort towards building a stable structure within the Democratic Party. It is republished 4.13.05 at The Political Dogfight. And it is today's topic.
The Insurgent Campaign: Long-Term and Not for the Faint of Heart (9 min)
The DCCC's new site attacking Tom Delay is House of Scandal and to get the importance of Net Video in your own campaigns, you really MUST see "Tom Delay's House of Scandal" . And here's an explanation of how to use the same easy techniques in your own campaign...no matter how small. And here's how:
Using Net Video's: Cheap, Simple, Easy and Effective (1:24 MIN)
This Series is based on two simple realities:
1. While there are hundreds of districts in the US that are Red Districts that a Democratic Candidate cannot win, these Districts can yield tangible positive results for the organizers, the Candidate and the Democratic Party if they are organized effectively and have a real Candidate.
2. Too often in Deep Red Districts, the Democrat who raises his hand never really campaigns...never really gets into the Dogfight and doesn't understand how to create a real campaign or how valuable a real campaign could be for that district...even though he loses in the end.
So, here's a simple question: Are you tired of seeing that same worn-out Candidate, election cycle after election cycle, or his clone with a different identity?
Do you want to create short and long term positive benefits in your District? Then build a campaign apparatus and go recruit your own Candidate! A real Candidate who will volunteer because of the structure, value and results you've already designed for him/her to achieve.
I have begun to call it The Insurgent Political Campaign: The Campaign that starts without a Candidate. The Campaign that builds the vision and structure and the Organization. The Campaign that has tangible targets for Fundraising, tangible Goals for end results and the realistic methodology to reach them. The Campaign that knows that 2006 is just the Beginning. And The Campaign that goes out and finds a Candidate that is far better than average!
There are more to come. They are not 100% professional, as I am learning this technology as we go, and I know it's hard to listen to just one voice. I've done my best to fill each with content, tangible resources and usable ideas.
Share this with others. Talk about the reality of these ideas and tools at your meetings. Think about 'The Insurgent Political Campaign'. At least listen to the Introduction above. This is a continuing series of broadcasts.
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