Has anyone ever heard of 21st Century Democrats?

[latebloomer]

I keep getting these very obnoxious, aggressive telemarketing calls from people who say they represent this organization. They rant for a minute about how progressive they are, and how they want to elect Dems to office, and then go on this very off-putting "How much will you be pledging?" I just hung up on one of them, and then looked at the website-- besides the fact that Carville seems to be involved, it tells you very little.

[tsipple]

1. They're Legit

They're raising money to send Democratic field workers out to work on various campaigns. Not a bad group, from what I've heard.

[JohnKleeb]

2. Ive heard they are my type of dems

All around progressives.

[latebloomer]

3. Thanks, guys!

They need to improve their pitching style-- it makes it sound like a scam.

[pearl]

4. Some of Clintons top press guys

I think Joe Lockardt,

[latebloomer]

5. Hmmm, if it's Clinton's guys

It ain't left-wing enough for me.

[jiacinto]

7. They are a good organization

I would donate. I attended their trainings. They taught me a lot about campaigning and helped connect me to numerous campaign/political jobs.

[jiacinto]

6. They are a good organization

I went to one of their trainings in June in DC. They were really good to work with. I would donate to them as they actually are doing good things.

They periodically have trainings every few months that teach people campaign skills. I enjoyed it a lot.

From what I know 21st Century Democrats used to be Democrats 2000. Senator Tom Harkin founded the organization in the 1980s. It is indeed a "progressive organization".

The woman who runs the organization is named Kelly Young. She is very nice and is working very hard for it.

Her email is [e-mail]

[tsipple]

8. Right, They Do Good

"Democratic Boot Camp," if you will. They do lots of training, and they try to act as a farm system for campaign workers, at all levels. State legislative races are critical because they determine redistricting and, thus, everything else, so they do a lot of work on that.

[jiacinto]

9. It is a good group

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