Creating History

Ray, over at Young Philly Politics, worked on Seth Williams' DA campaign. Ray is currently trying to piece together a more definitive picture of how the Internet affected the campaign, what role it played. If you read anything online about Williams or donated or volunteered online or signed up for his emails, please get in touch with Ray and tell him about it. Check out Ray's posting here, to see exactly what he is saying.

It is important to do these things. Very important. Those who record the history of an event are the ones who define it. If we leave it to the official party documents or just to the printed record it will say very little. Eventually some big name research firm or policy analysis group will come in and do surveys, etc., but in what my liberal little heart views as a soulless fashion. If we want what we did to matter in the long run we need to speak up about what exactly we did and how we did and what effect that had. If Ray (raym@localnet.com) is willing to collect that data, more power to him. His participation in Young Philly Politics speaks well, in my view, of his willingness to share it once he has a better idea of the big picture.

Don't let someone else define your motiviations or your actions. Set the record straight from the start.