Today, MyDD had 65,000 visitors, which is a bit more than double what we usually get.  I'm on the ground in Connecticut and I've been here for five days, and I assume that the traffic is going to be reasonably high until Wednesday.  This is my fourth trip up here.  The first was in February, to meet Lamont (here was my endorsement).  The second was for the state convention, and the third was for the debate.  I know this race, but covering and being a part of it has cost me in total around $3000 in car rental fees, gas, train rides, and other various expenses.

MyDD seems to allow for a mix of journalism, advocacy, and community that leads to real strategic changes in how progressives operate.  We do polling, we cover races, we make endorsements, and we get involved in pushing for candidates.  I love this site, and I love the community interactions here.  I learn so much when I put up posts, it's really a forum for incredible distributed progressive change-making.  I think this is the kind of progressive infrastructure that should be supported and encouraged.

So here's the deal.

If anyone out there is willing to sponsor me for the rest of this primary for $3000, I'll mention you as a sponsor on every post I write about Lamont-Lieberman until Wednesday.  The mention will be clearly marked by a sentence in italics prior to every post, as in 'The Lamont-Lieberman MyDD primary coverage is sponsored by xyzd'.  If you have a book you want out in the blogs, or if you have an organization and you're trying to get it out there on the blogs, this is a good way to get it out there. Or if you have a new blog or web site, this is a perfect marketing opportunity. Email me at stoller at gmail.com if you're interested.

If you don't want a mention and would just like to donate to encourage this kind of coverage, you can paypal me here.  I'm not asking you to sacrifice for this, or for anyone who's hard up to put up any cash.  If you have some spare disposable income and you've enjoyed the coverage recently, you might consider throwing in a hundred bucks or so.  But please don't give if you have credit card debt or anything like that.  

I love doing this blog, and I would rather do nothing else but make progressive change by telling stories.  I consider myself incredibly blessed that I am able to do this.  The fact is though that MyDD doesn't pay very much, and as a result I can't afford things like real video cameras and editing software that would improve coverage dramatically.  

And pretty soon as my savings dry up, I'll have to go back and do consulting or find some other revenue model, and I'll be unable to write as much for MyDD.

So anyway, I think this is pretty good as sponsorship deals go.  You'll get a lot of exposure until next Wednesday, and a lot of kudos because, well, Lamont is now kind of hip.  And you'll be supporting real and functional progressive infrastructure that works, all for a cool three thousand dollars. I can be reached at stoller at gmail.com.