DL with Darcy Burner
Darcy Burner stopped by Drinking Liberally last night and chatted with 60+ liberals in what some would describe as a liberal coo fest, but a deserved one.
Burner arrived to give props to local bloggers who helped her meet and exceed her quarter goal of $320,000 cash on hand (she ended up with $361,000) through online grassroots campaigning, making her eligible for an additional $250,000 from national dems.
Quoting many of the numbers Eli posted here yesterday, Burner informed the crowd that last quarter her campaign out-raised Team Reichert 2:1, and estimated that at least $5,000 and up to $20,000 dollars raised in the last 48 hours were a direct result of the blogosphere. Furthermore, 1,290 individuals have contributed 90% of donations, and 94% of those donors reside in the state of Washington.
Burner mingled and answered questions for several hours before disappearing with Goldy for a quick Podcasting Liberally debut (which hasn’t yet been posted here, but should sometime today).
When asked her opinion about the $20,000 dollars Dave Reichert received in campaign contributions from Tom Delay, Burner responded,
“Clearly [Reichert] should give it back,” adding that Delay raised at least another $100,000 dollars by campaigning for Reichert in Washington.
Burner chatted with me and several others briefly about how her approach to issues differs from her opponent: “I plan on approaching every issue by asking, `Will this hurt working class people?’”, she said, citing and criticizing Reichert’s deciding vote on a bill that introduced a five-year budget plan that will cut spending for Medicaid, student loans and other entitlement programs by $39.7 billion.
I asked Burner how she celebrated meeting her quarterly goal:
“I was scheduled for seven hours of phone callsI spend at least 30 hours a week making calls to big Democratic donors and asking them for moneybut instead I took the day off to install a PBX phone system in our campaign office. I got it off ebay for $60 dollars. I am such a geek.”
I would have built a fort out of money and then had sex in it, but whatever. Cheers to you, Darcy.
I would have built a fort out of money and then had sex in it, but whatever.
if you film this, i'm sure somebody will donate money to your "campaign".