July 19th is a momentous day in the brief history of TPM-aholics. This group was formed a few months ago to bring together those of us who have come to know one another, after a fashion, at the Cafe, and to utilize theses relationships to help Barack Obama win the White House and Democrats to win across the country. So far, we've hosted results watching parties, purchased virtual beers for one another, and chatted online. But tomorrow is our first organized fundraiser. Members of the cafe will host parties in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, Tucson, and Taipei. If you live in one of these places and would like to attend a fundraiser, click the associated link or contact me at xengis@google.com, and I'll put you in touch with the host.

If you don't live in one of these places, you can still participate. At 9:15pm EST / 6:15pm PST / 9:15am in Taiwan, we will have a conference call with Don Bivens, superdelegate and Chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party, who will speak with us about building Democratic inroads and purple states and offer his perspective on a certain well-known senator from Arizona. If you wish to participate on the call, please sign up for the event, and we'll send you details for calling in.

I also encourage any of you who can't make the events to contribute to our fundraiser by offering a campaign contribution at our fundraiser page.

I would like to officially extend the party invitation to all TPM staff, particular to the main office in New York and to David Kurtz in Austin. While we know that you cannot officially endorse this fundraiser, if you should happen to get lost in Brooklyn and wander in by accident, we promise not to tell.

Finally, I would like to thank in advance all the party hosts--Boo_lala, Chino Blanco, Bademeus, Benjoya, and AM--and my fellow organizers California Paige and Articleman, for helping to pull this off.

PS Please recommend this post to spread the word.

PPS For those of you who read my last post and are nonplussed by my
sudden change of sentiment, I assure you that I am not a flip-flopper.
My position has evolved over the last 24 hours.


PPPS This event is not supported or endorsed by Talking Points Memo.

PPPPS Just wanted to push it to 4 P's.