WA-08: A Call to Action - Plus Fundraising Tools
Thu Jun 22, 2006 at 08:54:42 AM PDT
The Darcy Burner (WA-08) campaign just keeps getting hotter and hotter. Yesterday
EMILY's List announced their endorsement of Darcy Burner.
This comes while the Burner campaign is in the midst of a fundraising drive that they hope will bring in $75,000 in 10 days. As of this writing they've raised $47,888 with less than 2 days to go. You can track the progress of the fundraising effort via their visual tool.
It is crunch time people!
Pacific NW Portal: Taking online organizing to new heights
Wed May 24, 2006 at 01:09:34 PM PDT
Despite the fact that the political establishment is heavily stacked against us, the progressive movement in America today is alive and well - largely thanks to one amazing medium that has lowered the barrier to participation in the political process:
The Internet.
As Kossacks, we know all about the "Netroots Revolution".
You're participating in it right now, by logging on to Daily Kos and reading this diary.
Over the last few years, more and more progressives have discovered the power and the benefits of organizing online. More progressives are launching blogs or websites and taking advantage of technology.
While the national blogosphere will certainly continue to grow, the great untapped potential of this medium actually exists on a local level.
In our corner of the country, we've been hard at work over the last sixteen months trying to harness that potential. We've helped unite and strengthen the local blogosphere to a point where it has managed to accomplish some amazing things.
We launched Pacific Northwest Portal back in January 2005 with the hope of taking online organizing to new heights.
Pacific NW Portal: Blueprint for Building Regional Community
Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 11:57:10 AM PDT
One year ago I posted a diary here at Daily Kos entitled, "Pacific NW Portal launches for progressives." The simple, straightforward diary carried the announcement that a new information gateway and media center had been launched to provide a wealth of information to local activists and bloggers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
The day we unveiled the website to the world, I had high hopes, but didn't really know what to expect. We'd spent weeks putting the site together but I wasn't sure whether people were even going to like it or find it useful.
I needn't have worried.
365 days later, Pacific Northwest Portal is still online and growing in popularity. From its first day in existence until now, web traffic has been steady and consistent at a surprisingly high level. During its first year of operation the Portal has been significantly strengthened through a series of constant upgrades.
For me, though, there's something even more important to celebrate today, beyond the existence of the site. It's the community that has been empowered by Pacific Northwest Portal.
Pacific NW Portal solidifies connection with Daily Kos
Mon Oct 24, 2005 at 10:26:53 AM PDT
Daily Kos is booming.
With an average of 810,234 visits and 937,537 pageviews every day now (according to SiteMeter) Daily Kos has undoubtedly become the anchorweight for the national progressive blogosphere. It is a thriving community, home to thousands upon thousands of caring, patriotic Americans.
This site has served its national audience well. But there is one huge area of the blogopshere that Kos does not serve very well - and that is politics at a local level.
Just nine months ago, a team of people, including myself, realized that we in the Pacific Northwest needed some kind of progressive counterbalance to local conservative megasites like Sound Politics (great name, bad logic).
We set out a vision and a blueprint to create an entirely new website to serve the regional progressive community. After just two or three weeks of development, we launched Pacific Northwest Portal, and announced its debut here, not knowing what to expect.
