The goal of the DNC and Dean...is not to have a fancy website.

[madfloridian]

At least not yet. Maybe they can make it as "pretty" and "fancy" as the Republican website later when they get more money.

The goal is to build the small donor base of the party and to get it out of hands of the big money and corporations.

This is a portion of the letter from the DNC yesterday signed by Howard Dean...according to Josh's post at Kos it has been a huge success in just a few hours. And not every one has received the mail yet.

"I don't want to rely on your donation alone. I'm determined to grow the number of small donors to the Democratic Party so that when we win this election, it will be clear that we are accountable to the people, not the special interests.

You know that when you make a donation of any size, you own the Democratic Party. If you watched the news on Friday and saw Republican Congressman Bob Ney leaving a courtroom after pleading guilty to bribery, you saw the clear difference between how the two parties operate.

I took this job with a promise to change the way our party does business. You helped me keep that promise.

Now I'm asking you to make a promise yourself.

Make your pledge to match a new donor's contribution now:

http://www.democrats.org/pledge

What will your donation do?

You'll be funding the broadest get-out-the-vote program in our party's history. Our 50-state strategy deployed nearly 200 staff to the field in all 50 states over the last year and a half. They've been building the networks of volunteers and doing the heavy lifting to build our organization everywhere.

When we started in some states, the Democratic Party barely existed as an organization. Now, we're thriving everywhere thanks to the investment you've already made.

Now we're transforming this nationwide operation into an unprecedented 50-State Turnout drive that will elect Democrats up and down the ballot in every state. Our organizers have been working on the ground for months -- long before many campaigns even started.

Races that no one ever thought we could win, up and down the ballot of every state, are now in play. And it's up to you to seize the opportunity -- by growing the base of donors to fund more organizers, more canvassing materials, and more vans to drive voters to the polls. That's how we will win this election.

You can be the deciding factor in someone's decision to invest in the future of our country. They will know that every dollar they give will have double the impact. Pledge to match their donation now:"

http://www.democrats.org/pledge

I prefer this goal to having a website just like the Republicans.

[blm]

1. It's called STRENGTHENING THE PARTY'S INFRASTRUCTURE STATE BY STATE

and at the grassroots level - especially rebuilding in states where it was left to collapse since 1997.


Thankyou Chairman Dean.

[madfloridian]

2. And it won't be easy.

The drums of opposition are already pounding loudly. Power does not give up power easily.

[SharonAnn]

3. I thought this "matching" concept was great. I did it, too. Got an

answer from a "matchee" today.

[madfloridian]

4. I did also. I got my "matching" email this morning.

They are getting a huge response...keeping all of them busy.