Dave Pollak Tapped To Run Obama's NY Operation

I have heard criticism that the Obama campaign should have had a state director here by now, since New York is an important part of the puzzle to winning a Presidential election. Not only is the money a good thing to have, but the citizen power that drives up voter participation and swing state outreach as well. Now the critics are silenced on the issue, because Dave Pollak has been chosen to run the state office.

Dave has been an active member in the New York political...and dare I say, progressive scene. He started Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century here in New York and co-chaired the NY Democratic Party as well. He's been to YearlyKos and knows the power of the netroots. He's a fantastic addition to the Obama team and has an equally impressive group of New Yorkers on his side as we work together to elect Barack Obama as our next President.

Additionally, Pollak has already been heavily involved with the NYSDC and DNC when it comes to voter outreach in this campaign cycle, so it is nice to know we are in good hands.

Pssst.... Do Something

Do you live in New York? Are you a Democrat or at least progressively minded? Do you bitch and moan about our elected representatives (along with us all)? Well even though the Presidential elections are over a year away, there is something you can do right now and in the next three weeks. Come help and get out the vote for 2007! Believe it or not, there are important races going on right here in New York this coming November.

From The Daily Gotham:

Dave Pollak just emailed over as follows:

The 2007 Elections are only 3 weeks away, and we need your help to guarantee Democratic success in critical races across NY State! Not only are we working to elect great Democratic candidates right now, but their victories will help build towards future Democratic victories in 2008 and beyond.

As you know, the NY Dems are hosting weekend canvassing on Long Island and weeknight phonebanking in Manhattan from now until Election Day, November 6. Our Long Island Political Director, Lauren Corcoran-Doolin (laurend [at] nydems [dot] org), has additional information about canvassing/phonebanking dates, places and times, or you can contact Claire Silberman at claire.silberman [at] gmail [dot] com with any other questions or comments. There are critical volunteer needs upstate as well so please contact our Upstate Political Director Cathy Calhoun at cathyc [at] nydems [dot] org to get people plugged in outside of the NYC area.

This brings me to a related subject: we all love to bitch and moan and complain about how bad the Democrats are, and all the many ways, large and small, they disappoint. I do this regularly and, frankly, with cause. Two words: Noach Dear.

So come one, come all and get out there and phonebank, canvass and all those other good deeds so that you can help get good Democrats elected next month. I'll be putting on those boots to phonebank and even a little canvassing too (Long Island isn't that far). I hope to see lots of you out there as well.