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Mobilize

Ethan Demme — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:59:46 +0000

We’re at the mobilize for liberty event in Harrisburg. Follow @ethand on Twitter and visit samrohrer.org for the livestream.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-22

Mobilize for Liberty – This Saturday!

Ethan Demme — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:31:45 +0000

It’s time to get Mobilized!

Where and When – The Harrisburg Hilton, Saturday from 11am-4pm

Cost is 25.00 10.00 for students (includes lunch)

Click here to register.

Topics Include

Winning the Precinct Wars
Building the Online Movement
Mastering the Issues for 2010
Impacting Your Media market

Speakers include

Rep Sam Rohrer
Rep Jim Christians
Ethan Demme (yours truly)
Rep Gordon Denlinger
Sen John Eichelberger
R.J. Harris
Austin James
Dan Rundle
Peg Luksik
Drew Ryun
Ned Ryun
Ryan Shafik
Gary Sutton
Pat Toomey
Randy Wenger
Joe the Plumber

and more…

Rohrer and Aument to Speak at Lancaster County Action Breakfast Saturday

Mobilize for Liberty Grassroots Action Conference Feb 13th

Ethan Demme — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:56:32 +0000

It’s going to be a fun Saturday in Harrisburg as grassroots activists from around the state gather to learn how to get involved and make a difference in Pennsylvania politics. Oh and I’ll be there presenting some blogging best practices. If you can’t make it they will be live streaming the event and I’ll have a feed here on the front page.

Info from the Rohrer campaign website:

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Are you ready for the fight? Join Representative Sam Rohrer and over twenty leading organizers and policy experts for a one-day only, training and networking event. Reserve your seat now for the “SamRohrer.org Mobilize for Liberty in 2010 – Grassroots Action Conference” in Harrisburg.

Our goal is to provide the best professional tools for Pennsylvania’s free-market, pro-family activist community in advance of the 2010 Primary.

We’re keeping most of the names off the marquee until the day of the event, but here are just a few:

Represenative Sam Rohrer
Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher – “Joe the Plumber”
Ned Ryun – American Majority
Drew Ryun – American Majority
R.J. Harris – Talk Show Host, WHP 580
Gary Sutton – Talk Show Host, WSBA 910

LOCATION DATE & TIMES

Saturday, February 13, 11:30-4PM
Harrisburg Hilton
1 North 2nd Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101

PRICE:

$25 Per Person
$10 Per Student

Space is limited. Please book your seat TODAY if at all possible, because we don’t want you to miss out on this important campaign event. Thanks for all you do for the cause of Liberty in Pennsylvania.

Rohrer and Aument to Speak at Lancaster County Action Breakfast Saturday

Becoming a Republican Committee Person

Ethan Demme — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:35:46 +0000

There are two ways to become a committee person. You can be appointed to the position or you can run for the position. Every committee person is elected every 2 years.

To run all you need to do is be a registered Republican and collect and file 10 signatures to get your name on the ballot. Once on the ballot you just need more votes than the other guy or gal.

It’s all by location

Find out what district you live in by looking at your voter registration card

Then pull up the list of committee people by district from the local GOP website (or by calling your local headquarters), if there is an empty slot you can contact your local committee chair and ask them about joining up. You are basically getting their endorsement. If you don’t get approved then you will have to wait till the next election and run your own campaign.

The local committee makes all the decisions and endorsements for it’s area. The system is very bottom up in it’s structure not top down. The regions are: District, Municipality, School District, County, Legislative district, State and Country.

Benefits

Gain – Endorse Candidates (your vote is more powerful)

Loose – You can’t endorse a candidate after committee has made an endorsement and have to go with the majority view. On election day you can be quiet or resign

Your Job

Be the political resource for your friends and neighbors.

Keep tabs on elected officials and if they aren’t doing a good job find a replacement for them.

Encourage people to register to vote regardless of the party, be neighborly and encourage good citizenship

Learn about candidates and work for the endorsement of the ones you believe in.

On election day work the polls, talk with people and educate them.

PA Senate Race 2010 – Who’s Winning on YouTube?

Ethan Demme — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:41:49 +0000

Here is another way to compare candidates – a YouTube head to head contest.

On the GOP Side – Pat Toomey vs. Peg Luksik

Peg Luksik

Channel Views: 425
Age: 49
Joined: March 20, 2009
Last Sign In: 3 months ago
Subscribers: 21
Videos: 1
Top Viewed Video: 1,259

Keystone Grade: F-
Analysis: The Luksik campaign is basically using YouTube as a place to host a video. No utilization of any of the social aspects of YouTube and with 21 subscribers you really should. There are 3 more videos on the account of Steve Clark advertising but again it’s being used as a video host and nothing more.

Pat Toomey

Channel Views: 4,678
Age: 48
Joined: April 11, 2009
Last Sign In: 1 day ago
Subscribers: 114
Website: http://www.toomeyforsenate.com
About Me: Former Congressman Pat Toomey is running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania.

Videos: 62
Top Viewed Video: 18,255

Keystone Grade: B+
Analysis: Solid use of YouTube, they have campaign updates, favorites, videos of opponents, speeches, radio spots, casual videos, fancy videos. The only thing that is missing are videos of Toomey supporters. Successful YouTube campaigns turn the camera around and point it at regular people.
It’s interesting to note that Toomey’s least viewed videos are about Joe Sestak while the most view videos are about Arlen Specter.

On the Dem side – Arlen Specter vs Joe Sestak

Joe Sestak

Channel Views:3,284
Running for: Senate
Joined: July 15, 2009
Last Sign In: 52 minutes ago

Videos: 206
Top Viewed Video: 4,390

Keystone Grade: C
Analysis: Good use of YouTube, good use of design elements for the channel. However all the videos are about Sestak. None of his opponents, supporters or anyone else for that matter. He has the most videos but they don’t get much traffic at all. Quantity without quality doesn’t cut it.

Arlen Specter

Channel Views: 1,670
Joined: March 12, 2009
Last Sign In: 2 days ago
Subscribers: 23
Website: http://www.specter2010.com/
About Me: Spreading the word about Pennsylvania’s 2010 Senate election.

Videos: 23
Top Viewed Video: 5,815

Keystone Grade: D-
Analysis: Yup Specter has a YouTube channel, he’s probably never even seen it himself and it’s the job of some lonely staffer to manage it. There are a few videos, hardly any traffic, most of the videos have less than 400 views.

And the winner IS… Joe Sestak

Toomey Vs. Sestak

It’s actually a little bit of a contest but Toomey still wins by a landslide. More views, better use, more subscribers, more engagement.

note: Sestak and Toomey are both taking YouTube seriously while Specter and Luksik are treating it as an afterthought.