A Dollar a Day to Make Norm Coleman Go Away

by Jason Rosenbaum :: Filed Under Blue Heroes '08, Elections 2008 :: April 18th, 2009 @ 2:39 pm EST

My friend Adam Green recently called out the DSCC for a lackluster petition about Norm Coeman’s never-ending fight to keep the rightful winner of that Minnesota Senate election, Al Franken, from being seated in the Senate:

Every activist email must have a plausible “theory of change.” People should see some concrete theory about why taking action could lead to a desired result.

But some people choose to inflame people’s passions just to get their email addresses (and, more likely than not, to fundraise from them — as opposed to later engaging them in quality activism). This sullys the online activism process for the rest of us.

And he’s right. The DSCC petition asked for Norm Coleman to step aside, but there was no information on how this petition would be delivered, and no reasoning why anyone in the media or Norm Coleman’s camp would actually listen to what the DSCC had to say. There was no “theory of change.”

Adam had a better idea to get Norm Coleman to step aside, one with a real theory of change. And he put it into action, with the help of the PCCC and Democracy for America. It’s called NormDollar.com:

Al Franken won.

But DC Republicans keep bankrolling Norm Coleman’s continued court challenges. For them, it’s worth the money to block the seating of Senator Franken.

But if thousands of us donate $1 to help progressives defeat Republicans in 2010 for each day Norm Coleman refuses to concede, we’ll reverse the incentives for DC Republicans. They’ll tell Norm, “Go away!”

Can you give a dollar a day to make Norm go away?

See the theory of change there? If Republicans realize progressives are raising all kinds of money for electoral work off of Norm Coleman, it suddenly becomes a lot less attractive to keep Norm in cash and lawsuits until the cows come home.

So, if you agree, head over to NormDollar.com and donate to get the recalcitrant Norm Coleman, who conservatives are already asking to step aside, out of the way so Al Franken, this election’s rightful winner, can be seated.