At some point, each of us had never written or read a blog post, knocked on a door, phonebanked, or donated. Yet something spurred each of us to take action, and DO SOMETHING to help our chosen Democratic candidate win.
What was it that got each of us off the couch and into the field, be it the digital field of the Netroots or to the doorstep of a potential voter?
I've always been curious about why other people got involved, and why some folks confine their activism to either online or offline participation. This Saturday at Netroots Nation, I'm excited to join a panel of ace field campaigners and bloggers, as we talk about offline and online engagement, and how to do both better, together.
If you're going to Pittsburgh or following along through the tubes, I hope you'll join Organizing for America's Jeremy Bird, FiveThirtyEight's Sean Quinn, and fellow Kossacks casperr, femlaw, Populista and myself as we discuss the interaction between blogging and field in the Obama campaign and beyond, in Yes We Did? How Blogging Can (and Can't) Support a Field Campaign.
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