Local vs. Nationwide Fundraising Efforts

Re: November 15, 2004: Bloggers announce success, after helping to raise $150,000 in only 4 days. The Recount effort went on to raise over $338,000 in less than a month, despite no TV, direct mail, no phone banking, no ads — and virtually no fundraising budget. Blogs made all the difference.

The above news release announces the success of bloggers raising a lot of money in only a couple days. I found this news release amazingbecausee I did not realize how fast bloggers could contribute to a political campaign. I wander if the same response could be made if the political campaign was on a local scale and not statewide or nationwide - such as a local city council race or local school board race. My feeling is that fundraising through blogs may only be possible through larger scale campaigns. The reason I state this is because larger scale campaigns draw more attention through the internet and blogger community.

Dare I try to raise money through the blogging community for a local race???