Knock knock.
Who's there?
A Democratic Canvasser in April, six months before election day.
Hahahahahaha! That's a funny joke.
It would be, but it's reality. And for the first time ever, the DNC is organizing a national canvass next Saturday that will include over 1000 individual events by the end of the week. But good golly, there is so much going on at Democratic Headquarters, that I wanted to give you all the run-down on the Spring Meeting in New Orleans before tranisitioning into what should be the biggest news on the blogs this week -- the national canvass.
Update [2006-4-24 14:39:40 by ttagaris]:A lot of questions about lit that might not have arrived yet. If you are a host, you should have received an email from the DNC and been contacted by the state party for literature arrival. If you haven't, my first suggestion is to call the state party. After that, april29@dnc.org
DNC Staff Volunteers in Lower Ninth Ward
All weekend there were community service projects taking place in New Orleans. Our Deputy Internet Director, Josh McConaha helped out at two of them and provides the write-up with photos:
I'm sitting on a bus with 28 other volunteers -- a combination of DNC members, officers and staffers. We just spent two hours in New Orlean's lower 9th ward gutting a house that had been overcome with mold in the seven months since Katrina hit.
The trip itself was telling -- we started at our downtown hotel, working our way through the more touristy parts of the city that, save for many boarded windows and a noticeable lack of people, is in pretty good shape, comparatively. Still before we crossed the levees, things started to noticeably deteriorate. Not knowing where I was, I thought we were in the middle of the worst. Well, we weren't.
Executive Committee Meeting
Video: Penny Lee of DGA Gives 2006 Landscape (Part I)
Michael Davies of the DLCC at the Executive Committee Meeting
The next speaker was Michael Davies of the DLCC. Their job is to simply, or not so simply, to elect Democratic legislators in 7382 state legislative districts across the country. You might recall that Governor Dean often points to a handful of state legislative victories for Democrats in 2005 and 2006: New Hampshire, Mississippi, Kentucky, Missouri, and Pennsylvania are just a few.
Spring Meeting & Fifty State Strategy Collide
Bringing it back to the 50 State Strategy, I had the occassion to spend a few minutes earlier today with DeMiktric Biggs, one of the organizers hired by the DNC in Mississippi. Like the previous stories from Utah, Ohio and Oklahmoma, the tale told by Biggs was an inspiration as well. Click the image below to find out how Democrats are organizing in Mississippi in 2006.
Video: DeMiktric Biggs Talks Organizing Goals in Mississippi
Segue into the National Canvass...
National Canvass the Talk of the Town at Spring Meeting
First stop on today's agenda after a quick staff meeting, was a meeting of Executive Directors from across the country. As I walked in, DNC staffer Paul Hegarty was briefing the EDs on the 50 State Canvass taking place on April 29th.
Video: Paul Hegarty Talks About the 50 State Canvass
And with that... it's about to be a week of canvass canvass canvass. Get your friends to canvass. Email your family to canvass. Canvass canvass canvass. And when you are done canvassing, make sure to send the DNC your photos and video from the event so we can compile everything into a nice spiffy little page.
Are you signed up yet?
Update [2006-4-24 13:48:59 by ttagaris]: Here's a picture I just recevied from North Carolina.