About Political Gastronomica
Political Gastronomica is a discourse on technology and online activism - how the marketplace of governing and ideas is improving with the efficiencies of the Internet.
Author Sanford Dickert, former CTO of John Kerry for President Campaign, works with political campaigns, non-profits and private companies from the Fortune 500 to startups.
Dickert leverages online community engagement techniques and technical vision for brand and message management through effective application of social media and organizational processes.

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Monthly Archives: February 2004
ETCon and Future of Kerry
So — with the successes in TN and VA – eyes are turning to DC and WI. Clark’s bow out has been extremely helpful – we are finding resources that were not available originally in the past few days. Spent … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2004
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Washington and Michigan Success
Well – Washington and Michigan has come in – and JK has blown it away. Unbeleiveable. I still, no matter how many people tell me that JK is the nominee – I am not completely bought off until I see … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2004
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Making a difference…
Funny thing – this part of the speech started with a telephone call, an email and a chat with Andre Cherny found this paragraph inserted into the Senator’s acceptance speech.
The phone call was from Andrew Rasiej, an ardent Dean supporter who I had met through other connections in my social networks. He and I were talking about Kerry’s pending success – and he made a comment on how to attract the Dean supporters to Kerry. “Dean supporters feel they are going to have access to the Dean Administration, why not give it to them in the Kerry Administration?”
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Posted in Campaign 2004
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JK’s Lifetime of Fundraising
Sunday morning news programs are going to go into the discussion cycle of how John Kerry received more money from individuals that work or worked as lobbyists than any other Senator in 15 years. Funny thing is, when we worked … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign 2004
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