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As you may know, the admins and front pagers on Blue Hampshire have been producing daily content on elections and progressive politics in New Hampshire for a year and three quarters now. Over the course of that time this site has been a home to breaking news, political analysis, media criticism, and grassroots reporting on political events within the state from the First in the Nation Primary down to Town Meetin' Day. We've been honored with a profile on the front page of the Wall St. Journal, and cited on occasion in media outlets online and off, national and statewide.
In addition, we have tried, successfully I think, to build an online home for like-minded progressives to engage in open debate and to build ideas for activism. Along the way we have gathered a group of BH bloggers that includes luminaries such as past and present chairs of the state Democratic party, mayors, state senators and representatives, congressmen, a retired general, and even a presidential candidate. But among the lurkers and commenters, occasional diarists and long-time activists, our greatest strength is you.
But here's the thing: none of the admins and front-pagers on Blue Hampshire are in it to get rich. All of us have full-time jobs and full-time lives, and the effort we put into this project often comes out of what little free time we have. And while we do accept advertisements now, in reality those pay chiefly for site hosting and maintenance.
Here's where you come in, Dear Hamster. You may have heard that Blue Hampshire was honored with a press credential to accompany the New Hampshire delegation to the DNC convention in Denver.
This is, to be sure, a once in a lifetime opportunity. Mike Hoefer and Laura Clawson will be going to Denver on behalf of Blue Hampshire, and will be providing the kind of behind the scenes, with a view to the Granite State, coverage you definitely won't be seeing on the major news networks.
But since none of us are paid to do what we do, this unbelievable opportunity comes at the price of travel/hotel fees, technology costs, and the like.
So all this week we are going to be highlighting our first ever "Blograiser" to raise as much as we can for Mike and Laura's expenses. The fancy yellow Donate button just below the logo on the left takes you to a secure PayPal contribution page. Please give what you can to help our convention coverage be the best it can be.
We will update you on our progress throughout the week, and Mike and Laura will chime in at some point to give you a sense of what the convention will be like, and what plans they have for bringing it to you here. I personally would love to see if we can get to fifty contributors during the course of the week, but since this is our first time at this I really have no idea of what the response will be.
No contribution is too small, and as always, thank you for making this place what it is.
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