Burnt Orange Report

Mark Strama's Speech

By Karl-Thomas Musselman

If you attended the Democracy Fest Bloggers Caucus or heard about it, you'll know that State Rep. Mark Strama's speech on technology and campaigns was an important one as well as a crowd pleaser. Here is a full transcript of what he talked about. It's something every Texas (and beyond) Democrat should read in regards to how our party must integrate technology into our campaigns, not to replace the hard work of old, but to make it more efficient and effective.

Speaking of technology, check out the new DNC website. Click on the Democracy Bonds BlogAd to learn how to sustain your Party. It's a brilliant marketing strategy for the DNC, basically selling something as unglamorous as recurring monthly contributions into something that you can take ownership in (as well as get a snappy signed 'bond' from Howard Dean). And hat tip to the DNC for making an investment into the progressive blogosphere on this one. I'm sure that almost every site they are running on has talked about that ad (as well as some bloggers getting personal calls from Gov. Dean).

I'm sure we are too small to get noticed on that level still, but it's a major shift in approach from the last cycle. (Our phone is on though, just in case.) I look forward to their rollout of new tools and the big message plan that is coming later this fall.