Sink Introduces "Porch Parties"

Alex Sink (see photo), the Democratic candidate for CFO, is inviting volunteers to host "porch parties" in support of her campaign.

Porch parties sound remarkably like the house party model for grassroots utilized by Howard Dean in his 2004 presidential campaign. In the Tampa Bay area, Frank Jackalone, the Sierra Club's senior staff member in Florida, unsuccessfully attempted to use the model to organize opposition to President Bush's re-election campaign in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties.