Michael Ashdown for Congress
Schedule for July-August 2005
July 1: Form exploratory committee for Congressional run
July 14: Announce candidacy
"Hello and welcome everyone!
For the last six years, we've had a President who has bungled everything from the economy to the Iraq War. he has shown no care for our environment, and has enabled the worst elements of the far-right to gain a foothold in government.
During this entire time, he has been enabled by a Congress that has refused to act as a check on his power. We've had a Congress that has signed off on the PATRIOT Act, a gross violation of the Fourth Amendment. We've had a Congress that sent our bravest men and women off to war on a flase pretense.
I served this nation in Afghanistan and Iraq. What I saw was horrifying. Not only were we sent off to war without due diligence, but we didn't even get any damn flak jackets when we were sent over!
It's time we moved past the failed politics of the Bush era. Of Democrats who failed to oppose what he did. That is why today I am declaring my candidacy for Congress in New Hampshire's First District!
July 15-25: Build volunteer network and coordinate with other Democratic-leaning veterans to develop support base
July 26: Rally in Portsmouth
July 27: Fundraiser in Portsmouth
July 28-August 6: Town halls in Bedford, Merrimack, Goffstown and Manchester.
August 7-15: Build online campaign. part of the strategy of the entire campaign is to push online donations as much as possible.
August 16-18: Rallies in Dover, Rochester and Portsmouth
August 19-21: Fundraiser and town hall in Laconia, rallies in Tuftonboro and and Ossipee
August 22-31: Continue building volunteer base.