Did you miss Governor O’Malley’s online town hall the other night? Well there were a lot of great questions, but I think this one stole the show.
You can view the full video from the town hall here.
Disclosure: I was the moderator for the town hall so that’s me asking the question.
The rainy weather was no match for Maryland Democrats on Monday night as we had a great turnout at the DNC to kick-off our Club 2010 campaign. Despite the great turnout, I know that many folks wanted to attend but couldn’t make it, so I took a few photos and recorded a short video. I also tested our live video stream on USTREAM so that we can bring future events to you online.
We want to give a very special thanks to Delegate and Maryland Democratic Party Vice Chair, Talmadge Branch, as well as our many hosts and sponsors for making this event possible. There are too many to list, but they’re included in the following slideshow.
Here’s a short clip of our chair (and former DNC Vice Chair), Susan Turnbull discussing Club 2010 and our plans to get a head start on the new year and the next elections.
We have another exciting event coming up next week that you won’t want to miss. We’ll be in Silver Spring to “Celebrate Strong Women in Maryland” with Senator Barbara Mikulski and Congresswoman Donna Edwards. I’ll be providing details in another post. Stay tuned…
With Michael Steele’s inaugural blog post fresh in our minds, we here at the Maryland Democratic Party thought we would start a little blog of our own. We’re not promising the world to our readers, but we will do our best to participate in the online political conversation, have a little fun and remain as authentic as possible. In fact, the RNC site launch taught us a pretty valuable lesson on authenticity.
I can’t blame them for editing or updating their website, as any good website should be dynamic, especially a “beta” site. In fact, I’m sure this blog will change a bit in appearance as we move forward. However, Steele’s blog post, originally titled, “What up?” was quickly switched to “Change the Game” after it was mocked online. Had the RNC stuck to their original blog name, they might have actually gained more credibility. Besides, I’m not exactly sure that title “Change the Game” was the game changer the RNC was looking for.
We should, however, give credit where credit is due. Aesthetically, the website has a good design. I’d also have to agree with everything Steele says in the first paragraph. The web is pretty amazing in its ability to inform people in ways that we never thought possible. Moreover, the social web has certainly transformed the way we connect and stay in touch with our social networks, which – by the way – have existed well before the emergence of social networking sites. That’s why the Maryland Democratic Party has made it a priority to connect with Maryland Democrats online.
In addition to connecting via personal social networking sites, professional networking sites, photo sharing sites, video sharing sites and other conversation channels, we want to blog about what the Maryland Democratic Party is doing to help elect Democrats to public office in Maryland. We want to leverage the power of the web to fight back the inevitable attacks and the misleading arguments that have distracted voters in the past.
However, we understand that on the social web, blogs and social media are about a conversation. To that end, we want to create a space for Democrats to blog and comment, knowing that there will always be trolls who lurk online and that some Democrats may not agree with everything we say or do. Nevertheless, we hope that “The Online State” serves as a place for Maryland Democrats to participate in the online conversation.
