Mark Pera (IL-3) in Top Five ActBlue Hotlist.

Thanks for the props for NDFA! (0.00 / 0)

And your point on the name is well taken.  Actually I am hoping that soon the name of the page can just be Northside DFA Endorsed and Adopted Candidates.  But we are still going through our endorsement process for this cycle.

And yes, Mark has been stronger on on-line fundraising, and MUCH stronger on fundraising alltogether.  I think on his June 30th filing he had already surpased what Sullivan raised for his whole campaign.

Go Mark! :-)

Basic stuff: The common wealth should be used for the common good, not to enrich the well-connected few.  

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by: Sandra_Verthein @ Tue Oct 02, 2007 at 20:14:53 PM CDT

Politics is about power (4.00 / 1)

Politics is about building the power you need so that you can achieve the goals you want.  That Act Blue page is one way that NDFA is building its power.  Our members have always given donations to the campaigns of the candidates we supported, but those donations were basically invisible.  Because of that Act Blue page people can now SEE that we really do "put our money where our mouth is," and for some people, that is what they need to take you seriously.  Of course the money we raised is only a drop in the bucket compared to what the candidates need, but it is also just a start.  I am sure that total will be much higher by the time the elections roll around.

Some people, like Dean, and like wegerje, and like the people who created Act Blue, build their power by empowering others.  I can't thank them enough for that. Other people, like most Illinois politicians, build their power by taking it away from others.  Which is what I hate most about Illinois politics.

Though I would love to have everyone on this site make their donations through our NDFA Act Blue page and keep pushing our totals higher, at some point we should probably start a Prairie State Blue page.  If we could actually get the people who read this blog to donate at that site, it would be a big step forward in increasing the power of everyone who participates here.

Basic stuff: The common wealth should be used for the common good, not to enrich the well-connected few.  

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by: Sandra_Verthein @ Tue Oct 02, 2007 at 20:29:21 PM CDT

Our own page? (0.00 / 0)

We probably should. Or maybe an Illinois blogger's page, sort of like the national blogs have grouped together for their fund raising on ActBlue

Jeff Wegerson

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by: wegerje @ Tue Oct 02, 2007 at 22:00:53 PM CDT

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Good idea. n/t (0.00 / 0)

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by: yinn @ Wed Oct 03, 2007 at 09:25:21 AM CDT

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You say 'drop in the bucket'... (0.00 / 0)

but here on the blog, and elsewhere, most good campaign bibles and experts say one good volunteer is worth $10,000-15,000 and NDFA certainly sends more than one good volunteer along with the actual hard cash.  Don't talk us down!

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by: BobB @ Thu Oct 04, 2007 at 09:35:54 AM CDT

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