The Insurgent Political Campaign

Server Download problem and taking a break

There was a HUGE server download problem, as you know, with these audio files.

I have switched to my own servers. Problem Solved!

For our audio audience:
Server Issues and Taking a Break (1 min)

To compound the matter, my health is acting up a little ( I've had two heart attacks in the last two years and never missed a stroke during the campaign) and I have to just get away for awhile. More details at The Political Dogfight but suffice to say I'm unplugged for at least a week if not two.

See you soon. I'll be back within a week or two.

Stuart

Santorum Calls for The Tyranny of The Majority and Compares Us to Hitler!

Senator Rick Santorum today so disgraced himself and The Senate floor that here is a special Podcast/blogcast on The Tyranny of the Majority (10 mins) that we face if we don't fight back effectively. Yes, this is where this headed in my opinion. It's an attack on The Constitution.

Please listen.

Campaign Messaging and a Little Strategy

Here's the podcast/blogcast I've had such trouble creating to express some thoughts on Campaign Communication, also known as Messaging.

This has been really difficult. So I hope it's useful. It is longer than I like but I couldn't find away to make it shorter without cutting substance and my own thoughts. Hope you enjoy.

Campaign Messaging and a Little Strategy    (12:45 mins)

Broadcast on Strategy and Messaging...not Tactics

I've been trying for 5 days to get recorded a decent version of a new broadcast on Political Strategy and Messaging not Tactics. I've been asked to do so and it's a legitimate request. Most of what I have done is 'tactic's' not strategy.

BUT...I've tried 12 times, by actual count, to get one done that I'm happy with...and I haven't. I just spent an hour and three more tries. And I will get it done. But not this morning. Patience, please.

An Instant Response YOU can Make to Oppose The Nuclear Option!

Rather than the usual Insurgent Campaign stuff today we speak of things as important and perhaps, right now, MORE important.

The Republicans may try their Nuclear Option in the Senate next week. That would allow them to break any filabuster or disallow one with just 51 votes. It would END fairness in the Senate. We all know this fact. So how can you respond and be effective...instantly?

Listen here and sign up for the New Instant Nationwide Response System by Text Message on Your Cel Phone!

"A New Era of Grassroots Activism is Born: We will bury them in a Tidewave of Grassroots Response!" (7 mins)

Very Important Part 2 to Fundraising Relationships

Yesterday we had a podcast/blogcast on Fundraising Relationships that approached the topic from a non-traditional view. Today we add some detail to that topic that is crucially important! Please listen to:

Fundraising Relationships Part 2: The Money Gang (8:30)

Fundraising Relationships Podcast!

Once again I take a relatively unusual view of the Fundraisers relationship with Donors. Because the Podcast/Blogcast is a little longer than I would normally like I never got say that the reason for much of this technique is to create fundraising that matures into real relationships and last far longer than one campaign. Part of this unusual approach is that I've been in professional sales most of my long life. It lends a different longer-term perspective

I feel a bit like a salmon swimming upstream. But a salmon is surrounded by thousands of other salmon. It isn't really comfortable being a lone salmon.

But if you listen and think of your Donors as people that you want to have as referral relationships, fundraising relationships and volunteers...you'll see why they are more than just a bank account! Imagine the referrals just one enthusiastic supporter can bring to your campaign! And referrals are cost-free gold. Ask any sales person.

Fundraising Relationships: How and Why (11:41)

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Your Campaign is the Key to 06 AND 08

We have a new podcast today, (and one following right behind about fundraising relationship building), that re-inforces the importance of what everyone in every race across the US is doing. And what's the most important part of your race?

Database building! Listen to it you'll get what I mean.

Your Campaign is the Key to both 2006 and 2008

Listen The Hell Up! If Karl Rove Says the Same Thing in Terms of Strategy...

Look...I have no love for Karl Rove. But the man got the least qualified candidate elected to the Presidency twice! Do you think he might know something about PRACTICAL POLITICS?

Here's a quote today from Political Wire:

 Rove Believes Grassroots Politics is the Future

 Karl Rove believes that 2008 election will usher in a new era in nomination politics, Robert Robb says after interviewing the White House strategist. He thinks the 2008 campaign "might depart from what he describes as the '80s and '90s model, in which candidates parlay national standing and status into the nomination." Instead there will be a "reversion back to what he describes as the '60s model, in which candidates earn support by grassroots, retail politicking."

"If so, the candidates who will ultimately have the inside track aren't necessarily those on the talk shows, but those making connections with party and conservative-cause activists."

What's The Insurgent Political Campaign all about but Retail Politics? He gets it. And what's more he's willing to say so 3 years and 7 months before the next Presidential Election. Do you think that gives us enough notice?

We may despise  Rove's tactics and policies...but he has been successful. We MUST learn from those who have been successful, not those who have been unsuccessful!

Oliver Willis Hits It On The Head!

I'll send you to Oliver's blog but this post says more about things you can throw at your opponent than anything I could ever express this succinctly! You should copy and print this out and put it in front of every member of your campaign staff...from Candidate to Volunteer. This is truth personified. I heartily endorse every word. This is part of your everyday Insurgent Political Campaign rhetoric...or at least I hope so. You are running against the Republican Establishment!