Rayne Today: Americans for Change at SalonAn independent, grassroots blog reflecting the migration from campaign to movement as volunteers work to take back the presidency, take back Congress, take on Big Media, and take on Corporate Special Interests.Americans for Change -- a beginning- February 24, 2004 An email received from the emerging movement: >>AMERICANS FOR CHANGE -- WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DOWe are Americans of diverse backgrounds committed to creating progressive change all across our country.We are inspired by, and have been part of, Gov. Howard Dean's grassroots effort to take back America for ordinary people.We will carry on the Dean Democratic fight to ensure liberty, equality, and justice for all!We welcome all Americans who stand bravely with us against the Bush regime and..http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/categories/screamingForDeanInMichigan/2004/02/23.html#a1277 Dear Europe et al- February 23, 2004 A young European friend asked me: >>&133;what happened to Dean Here in Europe, I've got a hard time figuring out what happend to the man: the consensus seems to be that Dean just dot-com-busted, which is hardly a real analysis of what happened. Was the GOP right when they claimed that Dean was out of touch with mainstream America, or did it become a self-fulfilling prophecy Did Dean become unelectable, because everyone and their mother was telling he was...http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/categories/screamingForDeanInMichigan/2004/02/22.html#a1275 Thanks and a heads-up- February 9, 2004 Thanks to all Michiganders for Dean for your tremendous efforts for this weekend's Caucus. Wish the results would have been stronger, but it's not the end of the story, only the end of one chapter. Let's keep writing our new history! More importantly: I want to let you folks know that there's a movement afoot to try and build on our new unity, to help us stay together and work towards taking our country back regardless of the nominee. It will be an umbrella..http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/categories/screamingForDeanInMichigan/2004/02/09.html#a1248 It&146;s all over here but the crying&133;- February 9, 2004 We met and dispersed as quickly as possible yesterday; I managed to run off without duct tape to put up signs at three caucus locations. The site managers were kind enough to offer tape, but I still had to leave my location to locate duct tape. Clear packing tape simply doesn&146;t hold on brick, trees, cold smooth surfaces or in a stiff wind. By 11:00 am I was ensconced in front of the largest polling location in the county. A steady stream of folks came and...http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/categories/screamingForDeanInMichigan/2004/02/08.html#a1247 Chumming for Dean- February 7, 2004 432 cookies. 7 boxes. 5 hours. 4 pans. 2 spatulas. 1 oven. 1 volunteer. 1 volunteer's daughter. I'll be the one at the Caucus tomorrow, sitting at the Dean information table, chumming for undecided votes with cookies. I don't think I've ever had a marathon bake-off before; I don't even know if I've baked this many cookies in my entire life. But I'm not going to go down without a fight and I'm fighting with my own weapons of mass destruction. Cookies. Mmm. Want one ..http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/categories/screamingForDeanInMichigan/2004/02/07.html#a1246 |