MyDD :: CTG on tour in the North Wet

CTG on tour in the North Wet

by Jerome Armstrong, Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 02:15:38 AM EST

OK, Markos and I just got done signing over 100 copies at Powell's bookstore. So, if you want to make sure that you have a singed copy by the two of us, you can order it online at Powells.

We just got through a couple of semi-wet days on the tour in Seattle, Olympia, and another in Portland. One more day in Portland before we go onto the next stop. And just to clarify, Markos is going on every stop, but I am only able to do about half of them (I do have a couple of day jobs besides blogging). I'll be out on the CA tour from the 20th to the 21st, and then rejoin the tour with the Raleigh NC stop in May, through the Boston stop (that's gonna be a long east coast run), and then out to Las Vegas and SF Bay in June.

At MSFT, thanks to Tamara. In Portand, shout-outs for Kari Chrisholm of Blue Oregon and Lefty Blogs for stepping up to the last minute plate and picking us up two hours early, and Carla of Preemptive Karma for hanging around a couple of extra hours to give us a ride to the next tour stop.

As for Seattle & Oly, big shout outs go to David over at HA's, and Andrew over at NW Portal, for taking on the Seattle organizing, and Drinking Liberally for the Labor Hall event. Meeting up with Dave of Ornicus was a treat, and seeing Natasha from Pacific Views was great as well as a lot of other terrific NW bloggers like Lynn of Evergreen Politics. And yes, I got to meet Gen JC, the Patriot Boy himself, and he let me know that I was his blogfather (hell of an offspring).

Tags: crashing the gate, powells, netroots (all tags)

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I'm glad you will be at (none / 0)

the Raleigh tour. I hope we have a great turn-out.

BlueNC - Progressive NC Politics

by Robert P on Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 06:33:28 AM EST

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Are either of you headed to downstate Oregon?

by KevinHayden on Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 06:58:32 AM EST

CTG (none / 0)

I read your book when it arrived a couple weeks back and loved it. I recently finished FOXES IN THE HENHOUSE as well, and I think they both were necessary reading.

The parts I liked about it were the ones that correlated with your book, where they write about competing in places where the Dems have goven up on, and proposing ways to fight for rural votes.

by Sam Loomis on Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 08:16:15 AM EST

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>So, if you want to make sure that you have a singed copy by the two of us<

Hey, I know your book's hot, but I don't need my copy singed <g>...

Sorry. As an editor, I can't help myself.

by bcamarda on Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 08:35:19 AM EST

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Jerome,

We're not too surprised that the CTG tour won''t be hitting Idaho during your Northwest swing. But you need to know that Camp Wellstone had its biggest-ever candidate-track turnout at its Boise-area camp three weekends ago.

And I've heard from Andrew at NW Progressive Institute that he clued you in to Grassroots for Grant, the netroots-powered campaign being run for Larry Grant in the Idaho-1.

www.grassrootsforgrant.com

Have a great tour, and wave to us when you fly over!

Julie Fanselow
Boise, ID

by Julie Fanselow on Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 11:04:49 AM EST

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It was great to see you and Markos at Powell's.

I was surprised to see you two show up 20 minutes early for the signing! I figured if you were early you'd be out prowling the stacks... I hadn't realized that both of you had spent time in Portland; that explains why you weren't in book-shock!

Thanks for a great talk. Did you get the feeling (as I did) that the audience was mostly made up of people fed up with the Democratic National party? Lots of folks seemed to need way more convincing that the Democratic Party can be reformed. I had that discussion myself before you two showed up. I tend to agree with you, though, that it would be faster to reform than to create a completely different party. Look at how much billionaire Ross Perot accomplished, for example...

by BrianMoon on Mon Apr 10, 2006 at 01:04:38 PM EST

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