In 2006, we "Drafted" Jim Webb and championed his cause in the successful run that gave control of the US Senate to the Democrats.
This year, the team from Raising Kaine and the Netroots leaders from the Webb Campaign are launching DEMPAC: the Anti-PAC, to invest in the long-term development and state-wide coordination of the Virginia Democratic grassroots.
There are thousands of progressive and Democratic issue groups which rarely coordinate and who's force has not been traditionally guided towards winning elections or organizing locally.
Every time a new candidate emerges to run for local and legislative elections, they have to build a new body of volunteers in order to get the job done.
In Rural and Urban areas, in the four Virginias, from the coastline to the Valley, regional differences determine different needs for different organizers.
DEMPAC will address all of these issues and more, through the marriage of online innovation and good, old-fashioned grassroots know-how.
Please visit us at DEMPAC.org and find out more about our effort to bring an Enduring Democratic Majority to the Commonwealth of Virginia.