Alan_H's Blog

We receive a lot of e-mails every day.  They range from viewers providing news tips and story idea suggestions to news releases and a fair amount of spam.  Because I'm a political geek, I also receive e-mails from most political campaigns.

You can learn how well organized a candidate's campaign is by how quickly they respond to an issue, stay on message and shape the debate.

I received an e-mail this week from Chelsea Clinton (you know, Hillary's daughter) that seems so far out of left field, I have to share with you.

Here is the e-mail:

 

Dear Friend,

We need your help to make a critical decision -- our next official campaign t-shirt.

We recently launched a contest to design a campaign t-shirt, and I couldn't believe the incredible response. We got thousands of great entries. They were creative, inspirational, funny, and beautiful. It was amazing to see the devotion to my mom's campaign come through in each t-shirt. Thank you to everyone who submitted a design!

It wasn't easy to narrow it down, but we've chosen five we think are particularly great, and now we need your help in making our final decision. Please vote for your favorite design -- the winning shirt will go on sale in our online campaign store.

Please click here to see the finalists and vote for your favorite.

Thanks again for everything you're doing to help my mom!

Go Hillary!
Chelsea

The campaign's optimism is stunning.  The race between Hillary and Barack Obama could very well end in the next few days (I'll admit, how many times have you heard that since the Iowa caucuses).  This is drink the grape Kool-Aid optimism.  You almost have to admire this train of thinking because of its focus.

Am I a jaded journalist, missing the big picture, on point, all or none of the above?