Blogad for Chuck

Last week, at WoodChuck '06, I spoke with a Pennacchio higher-up about the need for Chuck to advertise on blogs through blogads--the little sidebar advertisements on most blogs. At her behest, I created a blogad for Chuck that night.

The Pennacchio campaign received it with rave reviews, but I have not seen it anywhere online yet. Being the week before the primary, I imagine that they are swamped with work. Additionally, with such limited time, they might not have been able to find an available blog before the primary. If anyone is interested in using it shoot me an email.

You Can't Do That on Television

This is a great campaign video of Chuck Pennacchio presenting his clearly held views. Being free of corporate and special interests affords him the unfamiliar ability to speak candidly...Weird, wild, wonderful stuff.

Making Waves in Centre County

Over the past week, The Centre Countians for Chuck Pennacchio have been holding impromptu daily rallies for Chuck called "waves," where we gather at busy intersections around town during rush hour traffic (usually 7:30-8:00 and/or 5:00-5:30). Today's wave was fantastic. Thirteen of us showed up to cheer for Chuck (not all pictured above). Lots of cars drove by and honked in support. We handed out some pamphlets during red lights, and one enthusiastic driver even took a yard sign!

Waves are a great way to get Chuck's name out to people in your hometown. You only need four or five cheerful people with yard signs to get started. Homemade signs are great too. My favorite above reads,"Chuck Pennacchio in, Chuck Santorum out."

Let's make some waves across the state!

MyDD Asks Who to Support

MyDD is asking readers who the netroots should support financially. I found out about this a bit late, but please hurry and write a supportive comment about Chuck! The three criteria are:

1) There should be a netroots presence in the state or district.

2) The candidate should be a populist and/or a progressive, preferably both.

3) Candidates falling into the 'blue state' or 'northeastern strategy' bucket make sense. These are people running in Democratic leaning states against moderate or right-wing Republicans.

Chuck Pennacchio, of course, meets all three. Here is what I had to say:

Chuck Pennacchio for PA-Sen

1)Pennsylvania provides Pennacchio with solid, growing netroots support (Booman Tribune, Fasctesque, Chris Bowers of MyDD, Dragonballyee, The Cajun Jew, A Big Fat Slob).

2)Chuck is running a PAC-free, corporate-free campaign for Senate in Pennsylvania against Bob "Santorum-lite" Casey. Chuck is a populist like no other. He has personally spoken to over 30,000 Pennsylvanians at more than 300 events. Chuck's vigorous grassroots campaign is run solely by over 6,000 volunteers. Just the other day, The Centre Daily Times (Centre County, PA) published 9 letters to the editor favoring Chuck and zero supporting Casey.

Chuck is a progressive like no other. Unlike Bob Casey, Chuck Pennacchio wants to get out of Iraq, keep the nuclear option off the table for Iran, is pro-choice, wants universal health care, and wouldn't support judges like Alito and Roberts. Most importantly, his campaign is people powered--no corporate or PAC money--so he really needs and deserves netroots money. Some people have called Chuck a "non-viable candidate," because he doesn't have enough money--that's too be accepted from someone who doesn't accept PAC and corporate money. To the naysayers, we can make Chuck "viable" by funding him!

3)Pennsylvania is a blue state in the northeast. Rick Santorum is so disliked that any Democrat can beat him. A recent Zogby poll confirms that Pennacchio can beat both Casey and Santorum when people are informed about their positions (info at www.chuck2006.com). Why should we settle for another Lieberman like Bob Casey when we can have a real Democrat in Chuck Pennacchio?

Go support Chuck! We need more voices!