Okay, I'm sorry but I had to bring you here and tying this to the primary in some way was the best way we could think of. Tomorrow I'll be in San Jose at the California Democratic Party State Convention President Clinton is speaking on Sunday and I'm speaking at the endorsement caucus on Sat so there is a link. The Obama connection will be revealed below.
We're heading up tomorrow. I can imagine that some people will be thinking "Oh yeah, it's time to have some fun". It will be fun for us but fun because we are going to be working the convention delegates for the 42nd Congressional District to get the endorsement from the Ca State Democratic Party.
The trip is 385 miles each way. Since there are three of us going, Erik our Campaign Manager, Matt our Finance Director and yours truly, we decided to drive so that I can get in some call time on the way up.
Okay, the trip will cost us - using $3.65 as an average price of gas - $112.42. I swear that when I started this calculation I didn't plan on the price ending in 42.
We also will be staying one night at $109. We're estimating the total trip to cost around $350.42. Okay, that one was intentional.
Stop yawning, it gets better.
For those of you don't remember or who want to experience this again my campaign is different than most.
Previous diaries in the CA-42 campaign rollout series:
7/15: thereisnospoon's CA-42: A Kossack is running for Congress
7/16: atdnext's CA-42: The Case Against Dirty Gary Miller
7/17: Major Danby's CA-42: I'm managing a netroots U.S. House campaign
7/18: CanYouBeAngryAndStillDream's CA-42: Hi, I'm Ron Shepston and I'm running for Congress
7/19: hekebolos's CA-42: A Netroots campaign-- politics the way it should be.
7/20: dday's CA-42: The Lay of the Land
7/21: OrangeClouds115 CA-42: "I Know His Heart"
7/22: Shockwave's CA-42: Ron Shepston rides into a Republican stronghold
7/24: Major Danby’s CA-42: On YearlyKos, anger, and dreams
7/25: thereisnospoon’s Get Off the Internet!
7/26: buhdydharma’s Help Save This Baby! **
7/28: clammyc’s CA-42, 2008 and the netroots: a jumping off point
I didn't come to the netroots after declaring; I came FROM the netroots as just your every day blogger who decided with a huge amount of support and encouragement from the grassroots that I would be the one who took on Gary Miller AND be viable.
It's not easy but no one ever said it would be. I would not be here except for this community and the netroots in general.
Now, I'm going for more but this is easy. We want to reach 1000 contributors by Monday at midnight which is the end of the quarter. To do that I need 567 more contributions. That's a lot but Obama started with a lot of small donors and look where he is now. ( See, there is an Obama connection )
This is ambitious but hey, I've done a 508 mile bicycle race and done well. I like to aim high and big.
No amount is too small - $10, $5, $1. Just give us the numbers so that we can show them all that we have the support and pay for our trip to San Jose. Tell your friends and sign up your kids over 18 but let's see how far we get.
Are you ready to change the character of American politics? Are you ready for a vision of America that includes all citizens working together to solve problems rather than use them to divide us?
Click on the picture to go to ActBlue to help us pay for the trip and bump our contributor numbers.