2008 Election Game: Campaign Thread

[Sec. of State Superique]

January 4th
NBC News, Nightly News - 6:30
 
Brian Williams:

 
Hackensack, New Jersey. After having a lecture about his last book “The Seventeen Traditions” in the Fairleigh Dickinson University, the consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader announced his intentions to seek another bid for the presidency of the United States. He started his campaign at a small press meeting in an office in Hackensack, saying in the beginning of the event that he would like to be the Green Party’s Nominee.

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Nader told that he would make a “.com” campaign putting all his efforts on grassroots campaigning, internet fundraising and interactive debates with internet users. “Doing a campaign as usual is really expansive and I think that using millions of dollars on advertisement is not the right way to convince people” told Nader.

Not surprisingly, the 2000 election was an issue that many reporters asked him, based on a common felling between democrats and republican that a Nader Bid means a spoiler for the any democratic candidate.

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January 5th
Fly to Washignton DC and founds his first campaign Headquarter (small office)
Debate Healthcare Reform with Georgetown University School of Medicine students
Meeting with Matt Gonzalez (Invitation to be his campaign manager)

January 6th
Meet & Greet on Washington DC
Fly to New York
Town Hall meeting in New York City with unionized members

January 7th
Work on a clear platform (Writing It)
Creating a Blog account, a Twitter account, a YouTube account and a Facebook account. (Nader 2008)
Recording the first YouTube Video
Meeting with The Young Turks with a Webcam

[Sec. of State Superique]

"I would like to thank all of those across the political spectrum the are advocating for my participation on the debates! That is why I'm announcing the #DebatingNader Movement! Our campaign would also support the participation of Michael Bloomberg on the Debates."

Placed on the website: votenader.org

[Sec. of State Superique]

Week 2 of Nader Campaign

January 8th

Official Kick-Off of his campaign:
*Fundraising
*Rally
*Introduction of his Campaign staff
*Campaign Headquarter New York City

MSNBC News, Rachel Maddow Show - 7:30.

Rachel Maddow:


It seems now that Ralph Nader finally took up a fight on the election. Today at a big stadium in New York City he has officially started his campaign operations. In one night, he got the help of thousands of internet supporters and achieved to fundraise one million dollars for his presidential bid.

He announced his new campaign manager, Theresa Amato, and appointed his friend Matt Gonzalez to be responsible for getting ballot-access to his campaign on every state. Theresa Amato is known by her amazing record of transforming the disorganized 2000’s Nader campaign into a successful third party bid, having the best electoral result with a progressive since La Follete, and that was 1924!

Theresa Amato
 

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And we are here with Matt Gonzalez. Well Matt, tell me how difficult is to put Nader on every Ballot on the USA and tell me our strategy:

Gonzalez
 

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Rest

January 9th

Fly to Vermont
New Campaign Headquarter in Rutland County, VT
Meet & Greet Rutland County, VT
Rest

January 10th

Meet & Greet Windsor County, VT
Fly to San Francisco, CA
Door-to-door
New Headquarter in San Francisco, CA

January 11th
Lecture about Campaign finance reform in San Francisco State University
Door-to-door (finding grassroots supporters)
Meet & Greet on District 5 in San Francisco, CA
Fundraise Dinner

January 12th
Go by Bus to Santa Clara County, CA
Meet & Greet
Door-to door (finding grassroots supporters)
Tweetcam – 5,000 viewers!

January 13th
Fly to Los Angeles, CA
New Campaign Headquarter
Interview with Meet the Press


 
When asked about his chances under the presidential race:

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January 14th
Rest
Go by Bus to San Diego in the afternoon
Rest

[Sec. of State Superique]

OOC: What is GOTV and GOTY?

[Sec. of State Superique]

OOC: I think I'm a week late with the schedule?? Can you wait me, please?

[Sec. of State Superique]

Week 3 – Indiana Ballot-Acces One-Week Effort

VoteNader.org
The Bio-Fuel Ballot-Access Bus

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January 15th

 Door-to-door in San Diego (finding grassroots supporters and getting signatures).
Fundraising
Fly to Lake County, Indiana.
Rest

January 16th

New Campaing Headquarter – Lake County, IN.
Meet & Greet Lake County, IN.
Door-to-door (finding grassroot supporters).
Town hall in Ivy Tech Community College.

January 17th

Go by Bus to Porter County, IN.
Signature Event Porter County, IN.
Lecture about Campaign finance reform in the Valparaiso University.

January 18th

Visit Chesterton High School (Meeting with students).
Go by Bus to La Porte County, IN.
Town Hall Meeting, Michigan City – La Porte County, IN;
Fallowed by Ballot Access Signature Event

January 19th

Go by Bus to St Joseph County, IN.
Meet & Greet in Portage Township - St Joseph County, IN.
Ballot Access Signature Event
Meeting with Students of John Adams High School – South Bend, IN.

January 20th

Go by Bus to Starke County, IN.
Ballot Access Signature Event
Meet & Greet Starke County, IN.
Go by Bus to  Tippecanoe County, IN.
Ballot Access Signature Event
Go by Bus to Marion County (Rest and Sleep in the Bus)

January 21th
 
Arriving in Marion County, IN.
Take a good nap
Town Hall Meeting, Indianapolis – Marion County, IN.
Fundraising and Ballot Access Signature Event.
Taxation Reform Lecture on Butler University’s Campus – Marion County, IN.
Rest

[Sec. of State Superique]

John Goodman on Negative Ad Pact



"As every one knows, I have been completely opposed to negative campaigning since I entered this race- I am glad to see my fellow candidates follow suit"

The Nader Campaign share the same belief, No one should be dishonestly attacking the other campaigns! That is why we are asking that every Candidate jus KEEP CALM and CARRY ON.

[Sec. of State Superique]

Gen. Election Polls Please!

Green Party Poll
Ralph Nader 95%
Other 2%
Undecided 3%

[Sec. of State Superique]

OOC: If I were Oprah, I would give up of this presidential bid. She is making things harder to other anti-estabilishment candidates such as Howard Dean or President Obama. It would be better if she withdrawn and help those two guys. If she keeps going with this campaign, she will help Lincoln and Matheson.

[Sec. of State Superique]

OOC: Goodman/Goldberg ticket!

[Sec. of State Superique]

Week 4 - West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina Trip


VoteNader.org

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January 22th

Fly to Kanawha County, WV.
Ballot-Access Event Kanawha County, WV.
Meet & Greet Boone County, WV.
Meeting with Students in the Logan County, WV.

January 23th
Go by Bus to Fairfax County, VA.
Ballot-Access Event – Fairfax County, VA.
Go by Bus to Alexandria City, VA.
Meeting with students in T.C Williams High School – Alexandria City, VA.

January 24th
Go by Bus to Henrico County, VA
Town Hall Meeting and Ballot Acces Event on Richmond City, VA
Door-to-door (finding grassroots supporters) – Richmond City
Meet & Greet (Getting Signatures) on Richmond City, VA.
Go by Bus to Greensvile County, VA.

January 25th
Meet & Greet Greensvile County, VA.
Go by bus to Halifax County, NC.
Meet & Greet (Getting Signatures)Halifax County, NC.
Town Hall Metting Edgecombe County, NC.
Go by Bus to Orange County.

January 26th
Rest
Meet & Greet Orange County, NC.
Town Hall Meeting on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ballot-Access Event
Go by Bus to Durham County, NC.

January 27th
New Campaign Headquarter in the City of Durham, NC.
Town Hall Meeting in the City of Durham, NC.
Ballot-Access and Fundrasing Event
Door-to-door (Finding Grassroots Supporters)
Go by Bus to Wake County, NC.

January 28th
Lecture about Climate Change and Energy Policy in the North Carolina State University, NC.
Ballot-Access Event in  the Wake County, North Carolina.
Go by Bus to the Mecklenburg County, NC.
Rest.

[Sec. of State Superique]

Bloomberg, Nader, Chambliss and Goodman?? The day that the Electoral College will broke

[Sec. of State Superique]

OOC: Wooow Expect me to rise. An economic crisis will just show that I was right and they were wrong. I hope getting the 5% that I need to help the Greens. My efforts are going to be bigger than ever, Nader will come here better than in the 2000s

[Sec. of State Superique]

Week 5 - Visiting my homestate, Connecticut, and taking a look at democratic strongholds such as ME and RI

January 29th
Fly to Providence, RI
New Campaign Headquarter – Providence
Meet & Greet Providence, RI
Lecture about Poverty at Brown University

January 30th
Ballot-Access Event – Providence, RI
Go by Bus to Cranston, RI
Meet & Greet in Cranston, RI
Go by Bus to Litchfield County, CT

January 31st
Meet & Greet in Litchfield, CT
Town Hall Meeting and Ballot Access Rally in Litchfield City (Hometown), CT
Meet & Greet in Winsted City
Door-to-door in Winsted City (getting supporters)
Rest

February 1st
Go by Bus to New Haven County, CT.
Meet & Greet and Door-to-door at New Haven, CT
Lecture about Poverty and Unemployment at Yale University – New Haven, CT
Go by Bus to Hartford

February 2nd
10:00 AM Lecture about Healthcare Reform at the University of Hartford, CT
2:30 PM Lecture about Tax Reform and Corporate Crime at Trinity College, CT
7:00 PM Inaugurating a New Campaign Headquarter – Hartford, CT:
•   Campaign Organization Rally
•   Ballot Access Event
•   Fundraising

February 3rd
Rest
Go by Bus to York County, Maine

February 4th
Meet & Greet in Biddeford City – York County, ME
Door-to door Biddeford County, ME
Go by Bus to Cumberland County, ME
Ballot-Access Event in Portland, ME
Rest

[Sec. of State Superique]

Nader on a Town Hall Meeting when asked about VP picks:

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[Sec. of State Superique]

OOC: Why not a Bloomberg/Gates ticket instead??

[Sec. of State Superique]

Since I'm not on any prymary, I see no reason to post february 5th

[Sec. of State Superique]

Why Matheson is encouraging people to vote on other candidates??

OOC

[Sec. of State Superique]

Nader Campaign has announced a 30 seconds add all across the country that will be presented on Fox News or CNN on February 7th and on February 14th.

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[Sec. of State Superique]

Quotes from Bill Gates

'I like Ralph Nader's ad it speaks to me and while I agree with what he's proposing imposing those standards during an economic crisis is only going to cause industry to suffer, if I was your president I would protect the environment however unlike Nader I'd make sure it doesn't cripple America's struggling economy.'

I'm sorry Bill, but Economic Growth can goes with Environmental Protection. My plan is not based just on adding spending, we are going to completely change the economic dynamics by rewarding a environmental-friendly and healthy way of life and by punishing an unhealthy and dirty lifestyle. We are not making the economy to struggle, the industry will reinvent itself.

I mean, if we stop putting billions of dollars on our military complex and on useless corporate welfare, we can save money to other stuff. Instead of investing on an Cold-War Military let's put more money on good public services, let's invest on new green infrastructure and on new green energy, Americans support that ideas and that is the way to move forward.

[Sec. of State Superique]

If this election ends up being Obama vs McCain I'm going to be sad. Even if we have a buttload of third parties.

I've got a few interesting tricks I can pull off... look forward to a very interesting announcement in the next few weeks.

Another third party run?

OOC: Hope not. We are trying to get 5%
Loving the gravelmentum, what about a nader/graveltun haha

[Sec. of State Superique]

OOC:

Hi Spamage, can you predict me when is the super tuesday going to end??

I'm travelling to the UK next week and I would be preparing my next schedules to this whole month.

I've made one week by now and I need to know how many schedules I'm going to need untill february 2nd. I'm doing quite detailed schedules, is there any problem if I start to do like this:

Week 7

Day X to day Y
Barnstorm in Oklahoma
Day Y to day Z
Barnstorm in South Carolina

?

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Superique.

[Sec. of State Superique]

Oprah is destroying Obama's Chances. I think he would try to assassinate her...

[Sec. of State Superique]

OOC:
Could you wait untill february? I'm in my summer vacation in Brazil and I'm traveling to London...

[Sec. of State Superique]

  Week 6 – Massachussets, New Hampshire, Washington

February 6th
Go by Bus to  Essex County, MA
Door-to-door at Lynn, MA
Meet & Greet in Essex County (Visiting Many Cities)
Rest in Lynn, MA

February 7th

Ballot Access Event in Lynn, MA
Go by Bus to Cambridge – Middlesex County, MA
Fundraise in Cambridge
New Campaign Headquarter – Cambridge, MA
Town Hall Meeting in Cambridge – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

February 8th

Ballot Acces Event in Cambridge, MA
Lecture about Social Justice and the Bush Presidency’s Constitutionality at Harvard University
Go by Bus to Hampden County, MA
Making some Youtube Videos
Rest

February 9th

Town Hall Meeting in Springfield, MA
Door-to-door and Meet & Greet all across Hampshire and Franklin Counties.
Go by Bus to Manchester – Hillsborough County, NH

February 10th

Door-to-door event in Manchester, NH
Meeting with students at New Hampshire University at Manchester, NH
Ballot-Access, Fundraising and GOTV Event at Manchester, NH
Go by Bus to Nashua, NH

February 11th

Meet & Greet in Nashua, NH
Go by Bus to Grafton County, NH
New Campaign Headquarter in Lebanon, NH
Go by Bus to Plymouth, NH
Lecture about “Saving Social Security” at the Plymouth State University

February 12th

Go by Bus to Hanover, NH
Door-to-door in Hanover, NH
Fly to Portland – Multnomah County, OR
Lecture about Corporate Crime at the Reed College

February 13th

Door-to-door in Portland, OR
New Campaign Headquarter in Portland, OR
Fundraising, Ballot Access and GOTV Rally in Portland, OR
Rest

February 14th

Go by Bus to Eugene – Lane County, OR
Door-to-door in Eugene
Ballot-Access Event
Interview with Rachel Maddow at MSNBC News

Nader Campaign has announced a 30 seconds add all across the country that will be presented on Fox News or CNN on February 7th and on February 14th.