[l:http://micah.sifry.com/2005/11/rasiej_campaign.html|Micah Sifry recently published a very honest postmortem of the failed Rasiej campaign for public advocate in NYC.] I read it and added my thoughts and comments in the text that follows. I quoted liberally for context, but I would encourage folks to read teh entire postmortem.

AS some of you may know I have been doing a fair amount of work (volunteer) for Rosie Mendez, after having provided some data services and a civicspace website at the beginning of the year.

Well, Rosie, the grass roots, progressive candidate in a crowded 7 candidate field won a decisive victory with 36% of the vote, double her closest challenger. The NYT endorsed candidate came in 3rd!

[via Schundler%u2019s Software to Mobilize Other Candidates' Armies | Personal Democracy Forum]:

%u201CIf you%u2019re offering a service why would you limit your client base?%u201D he asks rhetorically, asserting, %u201CIt would be foolish to cut out clients solely because of their affiliation.%u201D