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I'm involved locally with the Bush Campaign and am active. However, e-mails do very little in getting the story out. Only with a legitimate, well funded, and outward activism regarding the news will we be able to make a large difference. So, I choose to make calls rather than send e-mail. E-mail is so overused nowadays no one know what's serious and what's not.

I would personally love to see the FR network start issuing press releases through PR Newswire on all of these stories. Moreover, it would help establish a higher degree of legitimacy on FR exclusives if they were released through the newswire. THAT is what I mean when I bemoan the fact of limited readership.

"involved locally with the Bush campaign"

I find that interesting in lieu of your comments that email is ineffective .. I'm wondering if that's why the Bush campaign started an email policy called "Write for W" - whereby they provide links to all the print media close to where people live, simply by inserting your zip code. I've been printed twice by that method.

Oh .. I'm involved locally too - I'm a Precinct Captain! I think your advice is all wet because I've worked in radio and TV and I can tell you - public opinion is VERY important to them. Besides, I'm aiming my message just as much to that person sitting at the computer printing out and distributing emails, and also keeping track of trends within the emails .. just like our Congressmen do!