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Calitics Facebook Group and more meta

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Another quick meta piece.

  1. Are you a member of Facebook? If not, c’mon get with the program! Facebook is the non-FOX owned Myspace minus the incredibly annoying graphics.  And if so, you should join the Calitics group. That would make you super cool…or something.

  2. Have you taken the BlogAds reader survey yet? If yes, just click on this link and the data will be applied to Calitics. If not, click, um, the same link to take the survey.  Thanks!
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From Journalists To Activists

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I want to give a big shout-out to the Calitics community and everybody who contributed to this tremendous coverage of this year’s convention.  Juls, Brian, blogswarm, hekebolos, Lucas, atdleft, Todd, jra, da, midvalley, and I hope I’m not missing anybody else did an unbelievable job.  I’ve never seen a convention covered so thoroughly by a state blog since… the invention of state blogs.  We ran circles around traditional media at this event.  So we all should be very proud of ourselves.

Now we need to expand that role.  Obviously getting information out about the convention is vital, and I’ve had plenty of people say they were looking to Calitics for the latest news and perspective.  But if we want to help be a lever for change, we need to also  understand that there are things we can do as activists on the floor that can help bring that change about.  That means connecting with the grassroots progressives, preparing and planning for contingencies, and most important electing more officers and candidates and delegates who want to join us in this program for party reform and growth.

And let’s take up the gracious offer by Garry Shay to offer input into how the resolutions proecdure can be reviewed.  And by all means let’s those of us who are elected delegates try to get on standing committees.  Our ball has just inched off the top of the hill.  Let’s keep it rolling downward.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, California

Political insiders create blog, film at 11!

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Interesting that the tradtional media only seems to pay attention to “events” when they are officially sanctioned and have the “right people”. It reminds me of the rock world, where a band can be instantly famous if they have the right “members of…” in the group, whether the music is any good or not. Check out this article in the Sacramento Bee over a political website created by insiders that is launching on tuesday:

Thirty Democratic operatives — pollsters, consultants and spokespeople — will launch the “California Majority Report” at midnight Tuesday at www.camajorityreport.com. The big launch party is Tuesday night at Mason’s in downtown Sacramento, complete with a “special guest,” former Gov. Gray Davis.

Oh wow! Gray Davis… (*yawn*), how exciting. Heh, I guess it’s good that he’s keeping busy, anyway, the site CA Majority Report is billed as an alternative to the right wing Flash Report. Which is fine, I mean i’m all for more voices being added to the discussion, but it is interesting that the story acts like it’s coming out of a vaccuum and totally ignores the previously existing California blogosphere.

more on this below, including some action:

It’s a known fact that grassroots politics in California is a tough business.
If any grassroots groups are recognized at all, (rare) frequently it’s to be called Kos Kidz, blogonistas, you name it… and that’s from the people on “our” side.

Don’t even get me started on the Republicans.

Now i’m sure some people may decry this as sour grapes since GovernorPhil.com is still relatively new. But i’m not trying to court the WAAAAAAAAAH vote here, just pointing out some serious omissions. It reminds me of the fawning coverage of Pajamas media. Which, if you had believed the hype, you might even believe was the first such site in existence, totally ignoring the work of the rest of the established blogosphere.

Dan Ancona’s letter to Kevin pretty much says it all:

Hi Kevin,

Just a quick note on the Democratic weblog that’s about to launch; your
report made it sound like this was the first lefty weblog focused in
California, but really it’s just the first one by insiders. The insiders
have been behind the curve, but us outsiders have been pretty far in
front of it! These six sites are already out there and doing great:

Speak Out California
California Progress Report
Alliance for a Better CA
PowerPac Blog
Courage Campaign
Calitics

There’s also http://governorphil…. – a grassroots site supporting
Phil Angelides, in the mold of the LamontBlog and RaisingKaine, two
grassroots sites that have made big impacts in CT and VA races. We’re
happy to have another site with news from the inside, of course – we’re
expecting CAMajorityReport to be a terrific addition to the expanding
and vibrant discussion already in progress.

Thanks!

Dan Ancona
Director of Internet Operations
Speak Out California

Right on man, couldn’t agree more:
If you agree and feel like writing as well, (i’m writing now), e-mail [email protected]

Or… even better… a Letter to the Editor:

The Sacramento Bee
2100 Q Street
P.O. Box 15779
Sacramento, CA 95816

-C.