I was having an interesting conversation about differences between the Dems and GOP with respect to (local) grassroots community organizing and it made me think of this speech from the recent Politics Online Conference.
Here, Bush-Cheney Campaign Manager Ken Mehlman and former Dean Campaign Director Joe Trippi discuss the 2004 Vote.
The Chronicle: Online Donations Surge
The Chronicle, 6/10/2004: Online Donations Surge
“Combined Internet donations to the 157 nonprofit groups that provided data for this year’s survey topped $100-million.” (hat tip- Elizabeth Miller)
Bloggers to Attend Political Convention
Yahoo! News – Bloggers to Attend Political Convention
It’ll be interesting to see bloggers picked and criteria’s used for the two conventions.