Jim Tedisco Congressional Race

37 days to go

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NY20

Things are going well with the Jim Tedisco campaign. The money is coming in pretty much as it should. I'm pleased by the over $14,000 that's come in over the Internet, with almost no effort. Mostly $20.00 donations. As we get nearer to election day, it should increase. Our side is much more motivated.

Jim's two TV ads came out very good. I was surprised that Murphy's ad this morning was lame.

goptechsummit

I signed up to a new site: goptechsummit. It's great fun learning how these sites all interconnect.

Patrick Ruffini wrote an excellent article called: Fundraising is Not an Independent Variable.

It really gives a plain answer to my question: "How did Obama raise so much money?"

I posted the following comment.

To the left was a typical Mc Cain fund raiser.


Below was a photo, is a typical Obama fund raiser.

CPAC

Getting psyched about CPAC.

Some of the people I have met through Twitter are going, and we're setting up times & places to meet each other.

People I expect to connect with are: Ali Akbar, Teri Christoph (SGP), Mindy Finn, Leslie Sanchez, David All, Josh Bowling, Tiffany Shorter, Fausta, Adam Piper ... more to come.

Tedisco NY20

Obviously I've postponed learning how to blog until after the NY20 race.

Jim Tedisco asked me to be his Finance Chairman. I said yes, even though I've never organized such a large territory (10 counties). I know we can set up a decent structure, but the time frame and the scope of what's needed are quite large.

We will need to get significant financial support from National, which I expect will happen. The race is very likely to get National attention given the sequence of Obama to Hillary to Caroline to Gillibrand/Patterson.

I was encouraged when Eric Cantor & Newt Gingrich called Jim and said they'd work for his victory.

It'd be fun logging the day's experiences, but the time is better spent working the fund raising organization.