Comments on: DemComm http://weblogsky.com/2008/10/10/demcomm/ Smart thinking about digital culture, media, and the Internet. Fri, 18 May 2012 15:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sanford http://weblogsky.com/2008/10/10/demcomm/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Sanford Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:10:34 +0000 http://weblogsky.com/2008/10/10/demcomm/#comment-40 Thanks Jon - and, as I said, in our emails - the effort was a tough one then. At the time, we were not connected to the field organization then. The Kerry Campaign's focus was fundraising and getting email addresses - coordinating with the field and local offices was (at the time) the least of our worries. After our efforts had been marginalized due to the Dean Campaign's success - it was Kerry's success in the primaries and the sudden surge in online fundraising that brought the team a level of respect. I think Obama's coordination of field training, data distribution by the Blue State Digital Team and the overall organization's acceptance of the Internet and data tools as a successful lubricant for campaign success that finally broke the dam. But I do ask one question - has the campaign actually driven the success of community, or did the community drive the success of the campaign - once the campaign provided the tools to operate with? Thanks Jon – and, as I said, in our emails – the effort was a tough one then. At the time, we were not connected to the field organization then. The Kerry Campaign’s focus was fundraising and getting email addresses – coordinating with the field and local offices was (at the time) the least of our worries.

After our efforts had been marginalized due to the Dean Campaign’s success – it was Kerry’s success in the primaries and the sudden surge in online fundraising that brought the team a level of respect.

I think Obama’s coordination of field training, data distribution by the Blue State Digital Team and the overall organization’s acceptance of the Internet and data tools as a successful lubricant for campaign success that finally broke the dam.

But I do ask one question – has the campaign actually driven the success of community, or did the community drive the success of the campaign – once the campaign provided the tools to operate with?

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