Just an idea

So I recently returned from the "Art of Political Campaigning" conference sponsored by campaigns and elections magazine, and was totally impressed by Joe Trippi (campaign manager for Howard Dean) and decided to give this whole blog thing a try, I mean hey why the hell not.

Politics anymore is so focused on money and polls, special interests and PACs that a lot of the magic is fading. The magic was why I got involved, the idea of changing the world through public policy and civic engagement. Now however mainstream media calls races before they are over, declares the winner of a nomination before any primaries have occured based on money. There is no magic in that. No progress, nothing. Just money.

However the internet has provide a way for the people to matter again. Dean was a frontrunner (if only for a short time) not because of money, and not because of a big professional staff or impressive poll numbers, but because of "the people" creating his campaign via the internet and blogs.
- Note, if you have never read Joe Trippi's book "The revolution will not be televised" please do so as fast as you can. I finished it in about 8 hours.

So here it is, my way to engage my community into the world of politics. I hope it is found useful and I hope that people will use it as a way to communicate.

Peace.