[trees-list] Fwd: Endorsing a candidate for the Democratic nomination

[Eileen M. Harrington]

>From: "Wes Boyd, MoveOn PAC" <moveon-help@list.moveon.org>
>To: "Eileen M Harrington" <EileenMHarrington@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Endorsing a candidate for the Democratic nomination
>Date: 11 Jun 2003 18:32:08 -0000
>
>Dear MoveOn Member,
>
>George W. Bush and some radical right-wing Republicans have stolen our
>country. We asked you last month if you were willing to fight to take
>it back. Hundreds of thousands of you answered with a resounding
>"Yes!" Now it's time to make some decisions about how to proceed.
>
>In most presidential primary processes, pundits, pollsters and wealthy
>donors determine the outcome long before the actual primaries. By the
>time the rest of us cast our ballots, the nomination is typically a
>done deal. As we build our movement to defeat Bush, we could let that
>happen again.  Or, we could engage in the primaries as a coordinated
>grassroots base.  Should we?
>
>We would like to start a candidate engagement process in which:
>
>  1. MoveOn members hear from candidates through email and our website.
>  2. We engage the campaigns on issues through an online interview.
>  3. MoveOn members vote online in a "MoveOn Primary."
>  4. If a candidate wins a majority in the primary, we endorse him or her.
>
>Would you support this process? Tell us what you think:
>
>http://moveon.org/pac/jun?id=1435-1314429-C0OkIaTvsPgjqeBPVmi4yQ
>
>We've already taken a straw poll of MoveOn members; the top three
>candidates are Governor Dean, Senator Kerry, and Congressman Kucinich.
>No candidate currently has the support of more than 50% of our base.
>We will give each of these three candidates an opportunity to engage
>our entire MoveOn base, through a special email next week.  All nine
>Democratic candidates will be listed online and all nine candidates
>will be asked to respond to the MoveOn interview -- which will consist
>of the top five questions from MoveOn members.
>
>If you agree that MoveOn should move toward an early endorsement, we
>will hold the first "MoveOn primary" before the end of the month.  If
>a candidate emerges with majority support, then MoveOn.org PAC will
>endorse and immediately begin doing work to elect that candidate,
>including an urgent fundraising appeal in time for the June 30
>quarterly FEC filing deadline and a call for volunteers.
>
>If no candidate wins a majority, then we will encourage MoveOn members
>to volunteer for and contribute to the candidates of their choice. And
>we’ll provide a special web page to make it easy to do that.
>
>Even if that process does not end with a definite endorsement this
>month, MoveOn members' voices will be heard. A much broader base of
>citizens than usual will have an impact. This candidate engagement
>process is the beginning of something big: a web-enabled, nationwide
>network to defeat Bush.
>
>Since we launched "The Great MoveOn Interview" last week, thousands of
>you have picked up the phone to interview another MoveOn member
>somewhere in the country. With those interviews, and the reports that
>you've sent in about them, we've taken a step towards developing a
>forward-looking agenda. Now let's work to elect a president who is
>willing to listen.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>--Zack Exley and Wes Boyd
>   MoveOn.org PAC
>   June 11, 2003
>
>PS: Have something you'd like to ask the Democratic presidential
>candidates? Submit a question to our presidential grassroots
>interview:
>
>http://www.actionforum.com/forum/index.html?forum_id=258
>
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