My Fascinating List of Sites

Democratic Club of Metro Richmond

10 S Boulevard Blog

Vote Hillary

The Richmond Democrat

My Blogspot

Peter Feddo @ WordPress

Peter Feddo's LiveJournal

Peter Feddo Blogster

Peter Feddo @ Blog.com

My Live.com Blog

Peter Feddo on LinkedIn

Peter Feddo on Democratic Party Builder

Politeching with Peter Feddo

Peter Feddo on ABC News

Peter Feddo in the Washington Post

Peter Feddo's Xanga Page

Peter Feddo @ NGP

Peter Feddo's Squidoo Page

Peter Feddo on Hub Pages

 

Draft Warner

What Happens After The Draft?

After months of work, the momentous day for Peter Feddo and his colleagues at the "draft Hillary" movement had finally arrived: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's formation of an exploratory committee meant a presidential run was imminent.



So what now?



Draft committees are a peculiar political animal; they exist to start building excitement for a presidential candidate who hasn't even decided to run. They launch Web sites, collect names of potential supporters and raise money in anticipation of a presidential bid.



Peter Feddo In The Washington Post

CNN on Draft Hillary

Sen. Clinton is getting some unsolicited help for a potential run for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Peter Feddo , a 22-year-old Virginian, has filed papers with the Federal Election Commission to register the Hillary Rodham Clinton for President Committee. Feddo told the Grind he launched the committee to help Clinton build a national grassroots network, while she focuses her attention on the 2006 Senate race.



"We need to be out there raising support for her, while she is running for re-election," said Feddo, a computer consultant. Feddo said he has not spoken to the Clinton campaign about his efforts but he added, "They know we are out here and raising her profile in a positive way."

Peter Feddo on CNN's Daily Grind

Peter Feddo In The Austin Chronicle

The Democrats' embrace of the Web may simply be due to the fact that there appear to be more viable Democratic candidates for the White House, and all of them are trying to distinguish themselves from the pack.



Some of these Web gimmicks border on the absurd. For instance, Clinton's Web site has a selection of 30 "HillaryBuddies." They are icons – ranging from "Cat Lovers for Hillary" to "International Union of Painters and Allied Trades for Hillary" – that supporters can use on their AOL Instant Messenger. Web-based tricks like these are leading to a rather unusual political smackdown: Candidates are going out of their way to declare their geek appeal.



In late February, Clinton's Web site posted a press release claiming that VoteHillary.org had logged more than 1.7 million page views over the previous few months. Those page views, combined with the fact that the campaign was launching a new marketing campaign by buying selected Google Adwords, compelled Clinton campaign operative Peter Feddo to declare that "there is no doubt that Hillary Clinton is the candidate of the Internet savvy in 2008."

Peter Feddo In The Austin Chronicle

Reflecting

Looking back on the draft so and so candidate days I just stumbled upon an article quoting Peter Feddo in The Nation

GOP Kills Non-Partisan Redistricting

Republican legislators
said there is no proof that the current process has harmed governance in Virginia. -RTD

It occurs to me that Republican legislators are the #1 hinderance to the governance of the commonwealth.