The Insurgent Political Campaign

Another Easy Issue to add to the List

From Political Wire:

Question of the Day

Q. What has contributed the most to declining approval of Congress in recent public opinion polls?

A. According to the National Journal's Congressional Insiders Poll, the answer depends on your party affiliation. Republicans blame "partisan bickering," while Democrats say the "failure to address the everyday concerns of average Americans."

Pretty easy to add to the list of Campaign Issues in the previous broadcast or in the written list at The Political Dogfight and appeal to everyone's interests!

Data Based Campaign Themes for '06

Every Campaign needs a series of themes that become the base of the Campaign and The Candidate. Based on polling data this podcast/blogcast offers several data based themes that can be used in any campaign.

Campaign Themes That Attract a Majority of Voters (16 min..fast download.)

Written version at The Political Dogfight (but without the interpetation) after you've listened to this broadcast.
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Finding Your Money Donors Quickly

Any Campaign, Insurgent or otherwise, needs to have cash to run the Machine. Remember what Big Daddy Jesse Unruh said in California, "Money is the Mothers Milk of Politics." Big Daddy knew what he was talking about.

Remember we are trying to run a Campaign Machine that has been designed prior to the race so we don't have to build it on the fly. That's doing it the hard way! So this work has to done now.

So after some practical application on my part, here's another segment on: "Finding Your Political Donors Quickly and Building Your Database"

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Open Seat in Orange County, Ca...an opportunity?

Rep. Christopher Cox, (R) of the Cal 48th Congressional has been nominated to head the SEC commission. His passage by the Senate is a lock. And I mean LOCK. (Want to know the truth? He's actually qualified.)

But this means an Open Seat Special Election in Orange County. The registration numbers in the District are overwhelmingly Republican yet most of the population could easily be described as 'socially moderate'.
Interesting. It's the topic of todays Podcast/BlogCast:

"An Open Seat in Orange County, CA. What does it present to us?"
(12:24 min)

All broadcasts for May

All the Podcasts/Blogcasts for May have been moved to the new server and are running very quickly. If you have hesitated in the past to listen to any of them because they were just too bloody slow...now's the time to take a few moments to download.

"All of May Broadcasts on New Servers" (less than 60 sec)

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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.

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