We are proud to name Richard Morrison the first Frontier Democrat of the 2006 cycle. We’re also pleased to announce the launch of FrontierPAC.org and to introduce ourselves to the netroots at large.
Frontier PAC exists to help Democrats win in new geographic and demographic territory, and we know the netroots are going to be a huge part of that. We support strong, populist candidates who won’t miss an opportunity to extoll their Democratic values in building a new electoral majority in states like Montana, New Mexico, and Colorado. We are also set to embark upon a unique, positive branding campaign to establish Democratic principles and messages in new “markets.”
http://frontierpac.org/values
Are central values are Integrity, Independence, and Reform, and we fight for candidates who stand up for American families, even when it means standing up to multinational corporations.
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We started Frontier PAC over the course of the last month or so, always with an eye toward today as the day that things will really take shape. We’ve launched the website, so you can check our blog, or read our red-meat issue positions on energy independence, abortion, civil liberties, or Wal-Mart.
We’ll be announcing a major national initiative to elect Richard Morrison soon, so stay tuned.
But here’s the bottom line: we want the netroots–in as broad a sense as that term can be interpreted–to have real ownership over Frontier PAC right now, so we’re looking for guest bloggers. If you’re a Western-state blogger, or if you just share our values, send us a note. The good campaigns always take material from bloggers anyway, at least we’re askin’.
Let us know what you think about the site. And if you’re thinking about supporting Frontier PAC, know that we’re much better organizers than web designers!
you forgot to mention how good you are at making nice sooting blue advertisements!
not sooting, that would be Santa Claus. Soothing would be the word I was going for.
So you don’t want me to advertise my new Sooting business? These here netroots are confusin’.
Maybe at Christmas time 🙂
As always, that is implied.
Great idea, and good luck!
On the site itself… a personal pet peeve of mine is dark backgrounds and light type. Looks cool, but is hard on the eyes, and I leave sites like that immediately (while I can still see), so I didn’t read what your site said :).
Others may prefer it the other way around, I would ask for comments on that tho, just to see which way works best for your users.
Looks great! Finally a movement that will stick to their faith in progressive populists. Get as much support for Morrison now and don’t let some Houstonite profit off all of his past and present work. Good luck, you’ve got my support and money.
The website isn’t all that bad!
Richard Morrison sounds like an absolute badass. He’ll kill Delay.
Very nice – and it’s so clean. You wouldn’t consider Northern California, wouldya?
We’ll be active in Northern California, at least in terms of fundraising and looking to identify folks who share our visions. Drop us a line and we’ll tell you more.
The site looks good and a great idea to concentrate on us out West. This gives all of us out here a more concrete way to effect change within a smaller framework, will make things seem more doable.
I signed up for the newsletter so bring it on.
Nice visuals and well organized!
I have to agree with Nanette concerning the white font on the dark blue and black backgrounds. It instantly gave me a headache, so I was unable to read those sections. My reaction may have something to do with my progressive bifocal lenses – but I’d hate for you to lose readers over something that’s easy to alter.
Your line lengths are too long (or text width, if you’d prefer to look at it that way). I’m reading on a small laptop and I have to scroll from side to side to see the entire page. When the page initially opens the text to the right side is cut off. Now – I can, of course, simply scroll to the right and see all of the text by losing some of the frame on the left, but you shouldn’t ask your viewer to do that. They’re doing you a favor to visit your site – don’t make them work to see what you have to say.
I spent some time as an editor for a HS textbook publisher and learned something about “readability,” and of course, good web designers have taken this and run with it. The way people process text normally is to read more or less down the page, they don’t move their eyes from side to side as much as you might think. If the line length is too long, they have to force themselves to move their eyes more from side to side, which is uncomfortable (most people wouldn’t even realize why). And this subconscious discomfort makes it harder to focus on the content – what you’re trying to say.
The smaller the font size, the shorter the lines have to be, too. I think your font needs to go up a point or two.
I’m agnostic on the dark background for the frame – I’d object if it were that way on the entire page, though.
Overall, though, nice clean site, as had been pointed out.
Thanks for the advice. When we were putting together Frontier PAC, I came to the realization that we could move our entire timeframe forward (which I’m always into) if we could cut out costs of web design and maintenance. Now, to say that I taught myself web design in a weekend would imply that I know it now, but it’s good to get real feedback.
Also, we are serious about the netroots getting some real ownership over Frontier PAC. It will be presumably be more exciting when we get to ask which candidate to endorse or what kind of media to commission, but this is nice, too.
And on to the main point. Go! Go! Go! Love what you’re doing.
I’ve been watching and rooting for Morrison for a while now. Close to home, since I’m in Austin. I am so glad you all are supporting him. If Chris Bell decides to make the run for governor here, I hope you’ll consider him too.
Bookmarked your site and signed onto your list.