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Hot! Darn hot.

Good to see that John McCain has decided that you don't need years and years and years of experience to be qualified for the Presidency.

If there ever was a election to vote for a yellow dog if it was a Democrat this is it.

Want to learn how to have your progressive team work better over the web? Gina Trapani, editor of the Lifehacker web site writes about the collaborative tools she uses to coordinate the efforts of her editorial staff scattered across the country.

Installing CiviCRM on a Mac Laptop or Desktop for learning CiviCRM or site development. CiviCRM is a free open-source web based CRM (Contact Relationship Manager) that can be used to maintain volunteer roosters for political organizations.

On-line tool available for NC canvassing available on my.barackobama.com

Describing what is CiviCRM, what it can be used for, and some advantages and disadvantages in using CiviCRM to manage party activists

My trials and tribulations on moving our County Party's activist list to a web based system using CiviCRM.

A light rain on Saturday did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the group of volunteers and some of our local candidates, who went door to door in Stanly County as part of the Democratic Party’s 50 State Effort kickoff. Along with them to help spread the message was North Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Meeks. The Stanly County Democratic Party is conducting a vigorous Get Out the Vote campaign this election season and there are plenty of opportunities to volunteer, from office work to door to door canvassing. Go to the Stanly County Democratic Party web site to sign up. Don’t just talk, Act!

Well looks like I have caused my first inter-party squabble. Seems like my plan to blog about the VAN has caused some concern about revealing too much about the NCDP “methods and capabilities”. I don’t agree with these concerns but since we all have more important things to worry about now, like electing a Democratic Congress, I will not be writing any more about the VAN.

For some fun reading, check out the Google links on the GOP Voter Vault database and ask yourself do we even come close to this. Note that one of the top five links is to the NCGOP web site.