Suggestion: If you live in a safe blue state SEND MONEY TO OHIO DEM PARTY.

[blm]

Ohio has an incredibly organized GOP because they hold all the power there.

That state is one of the keys to victory for the Dems in November. They are going to need every dime they can get for get out the vote efforts. They are going to need every dime they can get for ads.

If you have given what you can in your own state or to the Kerry campaign, please keep Ohio Dem party in mind for your next donation.

[Blue-Jay]

1. Good Idea!

Send it in care of me! ;)

[JDPriestly]

I'm in California.

Our donations have gone to the Kerry campaign. And the campaign doesn't send anything back here. We don't seem to get one free button. If we want to hand out buttons, etc. we have to buy them. So, we are giving our money to Ohio and all the other states that are up for grabs.

[Nevernose]

4. I live in a swing state -- same here

And it's the same thing here, so I don't think they're ignoring only California. Even our local party office doesn't have much Kerry stuff to give away.

[blm]

6. Great to hear, JD.

Cali has some SMART Dems there. ;)))))))))

[Cha]

2. Great idea!

Amazing with all the gop power that the State of Ohio is up for Grabs!

On Edit~Or maybe that's why..they're tired of all that gop shyte.

[Philostopher]

3. Actually, the infighting in Ohio among the Republicans

right now is what's helping, I think. They're spending so much time investigating each other, and looking bad in such Ohio papers as will report anything negative about them, they don't have time to snipe at our candidates very much. Their governor ain't a great sales pitch for Republicans, either -- they don't even like him.

Now that the donations period is over for Kerry, I can start spreading my modest donation money around to people like Mitakides and Fingerhut again!

[blm]

5. Every bit helps in a state like Ohio.

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[Sparkly]

7. Sorry if I'm lazy, but does anyone have a link handy?

A link to contribute to Ohio's Democratic party?

I think this is a great idea.

[LTR]

8. An example of what you can do in states like Ohio

An interesting point Michael Moore brought up the other day:

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=113

I went to one of these meeting of ACT, I forget what it stands for. America coming together, one, two, and they put up on the screen a map of Cleveland, Ohio and they showed a precinct in Cleveland that was 96% African American. 96%. Total vote are turnout in 2000, 13%. You can't get more base of the Democratic Party than African Americans and if you don't have a message that will inspire them to come out on Election Day and tells them with no B.S. and shows them how their life will be better, we will not win this election. That will not happen. (applause) I say this not to rain on the party. We are all in this together. And as they said last night, we have a big tent. And all of us, from conservative democrats to greens who are voting democrat, are all in this tent right now for one common goal. That's to get our white house back in our hands, the majority's.

The most obvious place to start is the base.