Hi,

Got email from Jill Stein about their push to get on the ballot in Kansas, they have a deadline of August 1st. Their volunteers have been working for 2 months but only have 1/4 of the signatures they need.

So they have resorted to hiring petitioners to get signatures, and they need quite a few more.

They are using matching funds, so every dollar you contribute will be matched 1:1, up to $250.

Martha published an intriguing essay on how our local Post offices could help lead the way into resiliency for our local communities.
http://caucus99percent.com/content/resilience-let-post-offices-lead-way
She challenged us to a thought experiment on how to make this vision practical. So last night I did a back-of-the-napkin sketch of a plan for making the vision practical. As usual, I babbled on endlessly :=) I post it here as a departure point for a c99 brainstorming session on transforming our Post Offices from the ground up.
See, what little public thinking there is about revitalizing our Post Offices after decades of corporatist kneecapping, is all about the national vision. We all know that top-down revitalization is nevah gonna happen. Unless, unless, we the people begin to transform our local PO branches from the ground up, beginning in our local communities - neighbourhoods, suburbs, villages, rural towns, small towns. So how would we do it? Where would we start? Let me show you below.

For all those beautiful people I have spoken with on the phonebanking this morning (and those I will speak with later today and tomorrow!!!) For those wonderful, smart folk who are going out EN MASS to canvas their neighbors and spread the word about the best candidate that has run for the Democratic party nomination in almost 100 years!

Reaching out to the community to see who can come up with a solution with NY phonebanking. The past three days I've been phonebanking to NY.

Today, Friday April 15, a number of people are saying they've been called multiple times. Also, out of 32 calls so far, 25 are for Bernie, one undecided, one GOP, the rest no answer (didn't pick up the phone).

Sharing my general NY phone banking experience:

After 2 hours phone banking, here is a relative sample of approximate results:

- 35% supporting Bernie (a good number of them wanted to volunteer)
- 35% no answer, not home, wrong number
- 10% supporting HRC (or refused to answer)
- 15% N/A (GOP, moved, etc)

Recently on my mind, I have had a question on how to best support Bernie while working full time and most weekends. I'd like to posit this question to the community.

Update: New Quinnipiac has Clint0n 53-40. More on that tomorrow.
We're featuring the NY polls every day until the election in 10 days on 19 April. NY has 247 delegates at stake. Plus, the little matter of momentum and narrative.

Bernie's magic carpet hit some turbulence this weekend. His 55.7%-44.3% win in Wyoming wasn't as big as hoped and he lost a bit in the delegate math. And the weekend brought two disappointing polls, although they both had a b it of a thumb on the scale. More below.

We're featuring the NY polls every day until the election in 10 days on 19 April. NY has 247 delegates at stake. Plus, the little matter of momentum and narrative.

Bernie's magic carpet hit some turbulence this weekend. His 55.7%-44.3% win in Wyoming wasn't as big as hoped and he lost a bit in the delegate math. And the weekend brought two disappointing polls, although they both had a b it of a thumb on the scale. More below.