Nada? I heard there was some Continental Army to manage...

That's a really cool image. How did that get created? Is that from Many-Eyes?

I want to see a little more about the denomination breakdown. Most of my Reform and Conservative friends tend to vote for Obama and my Orthodox friends tend to vote Clinton. I've noticed a stronger generational divide anecdotally within the Conservative movement (younger going to Obama, obviously). Have other people found the same phonemenon?

New Frontier nailed it. He's raising his money to look attractive to Clinton should she win the nomination. Whether it's Vilsack, Bayh, or some other whitebread contender, they want to look very useful to the Clinton machine.

At several Deval Patrick rallies (one on the Boston Common with about 5,000 people I think) we did massive phonebanking. The campaign workers handed out phone lists and pens so you could write down the responses, and then the workers collected the sheets. Since we were waiting for Deval to come out and speak, we had plenty of time to do 10 phone calls. But not just that, the excitement of the event made the phone banking more effective. I could say, "I'm here with 5,000 other people RIGHT NOW calling for Deval Patrick because we're so excited about this movement for change." I imagine it's a similar, but bigger effect at the Obama rallies.

Posts like this keep reminding me how much I want a Gore Presidency. That would be one hell of an October surprise.

Still, it's just not going to happen this close to Iowa and NH...

If I'm not mistaken, Dean and Clark's campaigns were greatly embraced by the emerging netroots in 2003/04 cycle. How did they deal with this back then when the netroots weren't as developed?

Hey! I'm glad somebody likes the idea. Not sure how much traction we're going to get...

Also don't forget the Mass. Dem's hot website romneyfacts which is another great local look at Romney.

I love tumblr, I think it's a great idea. But as far as I can see, it doesn't allow comments, which is annoying.

There was recently a hearing about this in Massachusetts. I reported on pretty much the whole thing over at Blue Mass Group. You can find the post here.

No doubt. The question is what the size of the bounce will be. I am not certain either way that it will or will not be a big enough bounce to beat Hillary in NH.

Can Obama win New Hampshire if he comes in second in Iowa?

Wouldn't a more realistic scenario be that Edwards wins Iowa, but that's not enough to put him over the top in New Hampshire so Clinton wins there. But Obama wins in South Carolina? I could see that happening more than I could see the momentum from Iowa spilling over into NH given the machine Clinton has been building up there.

Thanks Luigi! I really appreciate the compliments.

Well, it depends on how local, and on which blogs. For instance, if you're a candidate for city council, it may make sense to have your own blog, but then, it might not. Anybody who's going to look at that blog is probably hooked into the local city blog(s) (if applicable), or will find the information they need on your website itself. So it might make sense just to put information on the local blogs rather than starting their own.

What about other tools?

Well, personally, I find it hard to believe that anybody would need or want up to the minute updates on their local candidate from something like Twitter. Facebook and/or MySpace might make sense, but it depends on the district. I have a friend who ran for State Senate in RI and just having an aesthetically pleasing website was enough for people to label him as "tech savvy," and it would be a waste of resources to try to find people on the internet rather than in more traditional ways. Again, it depends on the district.

One thing I've long thought is that state and local blogs are a great way to flesh out ideas that you simply cannot flesh out in other media. TV & radio are restricted by time, print by space. But the beauty of blogs -- especially on the local state level -- is that you can take a given issue and really sink your teeth into it. You can spend as much time as you like writing the post, have whoever you want on your staff or in your family proofread and edit it before you say something stupid, and it's only limited by how much you think people are interested in reading. Your blog posts must be punchy, yes, but I've gotten the sense, at least over at Blue Mass Group that people really are looking for quality content. That some candidates basically use statewide blogs to post press releases, or vague statements that sound vaguely progressive is a shame. They're really missing an opportunity.

One thing I would warn state and local candidates is to scope out the blog to get a sense of the community and tone before they post. I can recall a couple of candidates -- who I will not name because it's during this election cycle -- who basically seem to have a vague sense that the netroots are what's "hip," and they should make sure to post something, and then they don't engage in the community that has been built at all. That, too, is a shame.