August 28, 2010 is either too stupid to know the date of an iconic moment in 20th century history or he is lying and insulting Pres Obama & supporters of progress.
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August 27, 2010 Videos of DNC meeting and new 2010 election ads. There were a lot of mentions of Harry Truman last weekend – he said, “I don’t give the Republicans hell, I just tell the truth and they think it’s hell.”
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August 23, 2010 DNC St. Louis meeting, small business relief, and social security and women’s right to vote anniversaries. Governor Tim Kaine’s remarks on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7-VWd5CxQg; Vice President Biden’s remarks on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDULxNcWlTE
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August 20, 2010 Chairman Kaine addressed the group and discussed the Obama administration accomplishments, including getting all combat troops out of Iraq, GOP obstruction and the 2010 elections – noting our good candidates and strong strong field work. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and Senator Clair McCaskill spoke. Senate candidate and UVA aluma Robin Carnahan was not able to attend, but she is running a strong campaign and will be a great Senator. This afternoon features the Women’s Caucus and other constituency group meetings.
Rules and Bylaws Chairs presented the Call, Delegate Selection Plan and Charter Amendment, as discussed at the Executive Committee meeting as posted yesterday. in addition, note that the unpledged party leader and elected official delegates (superdelegates) are to pledge 10 days after their states finalize delegate sslection.
There was one change to the drafts below – Delegate Selection Rule 20(c)(7) – page 19, line 39 – “may” changed to “shall” – what this means is that if a state party cannot comply with the party rules becuase of state law, and the party takes “provable positive steps” to change the law (but cannot), the RBC shall not (rather than “may” not) reduce the state delegation’s numbers. This change was pushed by Florida, but would appear to ease the path for any states seeking waivers of RBC rules.
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August 20, 2010 The DNC is holding its general meeting in St. Louis this morning – Virginians attending include Gaylene Kanoyton, Doris Crouse-Mays, Lionell Spruill, Grindly Johnson, Alfonso Lopez and Alexis Herman.
We have heard from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The Committee has adopted the draft resolutions report (below). Vice Chair Donna Brazile spoke about voting rights and Gulf recovery. Association of State Dem Chairs President Ray Buckley talked about the need for field work and voter contact to win 2010 elections. Treasurer Andrew Tobias said that the DNC has an all time high of 1.3 million contributors; compared to four years ago, we are ahead of where we were and competitive with the GOP. But, of course, we need more – some very important Senate and House races that the DNC can assist – www.Democrats.org.
VP Biden then spoke – he talked about the mess (“ponzi scheme”) we inherited, and the hard work required to bring about Change. Accomplishments include stabilization of the financial system which avoided global economic collapse – the banks will pay back their loans; health insurance reform providing coverage and reducing costs; economic recovery for a new economy; unemployment has declined (although still high); policing wall street to avoid future problems; limitations on credit card rate increases; rescued auto companies which are now back on their feet – adding jobs; revamped college loan process making more funds and tax credits available, making college more accessible and affordable; and business growth – new technologies developing (we know that the free enterprise system, not the government will restore the economy). Poll numbers are not as high as they should b people haven’t focused on accomplishments and alternative – The Republican Tea Party (citing Mayor Kevin White – “don’t compare me to the Almightly, compare me to the alternatives.”) The GOP is offering candidates of the past on steriods - the GOP has decided to provide virtually no Republican votes for the administration’s initiates – even on procedural votes. Their success rests on their failure, without regard to harm to the American people. The GOP wants to return to the tyranny of the insurance companies and repeal health care benefits that are becoming available. The US can regain its international economic supremacy, be innovative and creative in new technologies – if we are not, we cannot led the world. We cannot use the same energy, educaiton, and health policies as the last century. We will lay out honestly what we did and what is the alternative. Make it clear that we are moving in the right direction; we can’t turn back now.
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August 20, 2010 The DNC will broadcast VP Biden’s speech to the DNC meeting at 10:50 St. Louis time – (11:50 DC time) – http://my.democrats.org/VPSpeech - I’l be posting from the meeting.
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August 19, 2010 RBC Co-Chairs Roosevelt and Herman reported on the 2012 Delegate Selection Process and changes in the process. The major changes, of course, are: (1) Calender – DNC and RNC adopted the same calendar, with IA, NH, SC, and NV going in February and other states going from March to June; States which move back to April or May/June or stay there will get bonus delegates (10% if April, 20% if May/June); states which hold their processes in 3+state clusters on or after the third Tuesday in March will get a 15% bonus; (2) superdelegates – their impact is diluted by the increase in national convention delegates from 3,000 to 3,700 (before bonuses); and (3) addition of young people to outreach inclusion programs. There were no questions or discussion.
The Executive Committee also heard from DNC Chair Kaine (a University of Missouri graduate), St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, and officers. The treasurer noted that the number of donors and average donations continue to increase and otherwise fundraising is encouraging. Kaine discussed the successes of the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress, including health care reform, continuing tradition of accomplishments like social security and medicare. We accomplished this, for the first time, without any GOP assistance. He also mentioned Wall Street reform, Justice Kagan, and economic recovery, and the need to go forward.
DNC 2010 is focusing on electing Democrats this fall, though field organization, voter registration, election protection, and strengthening state parties, as well as the efforts of OFA, particularly reaching out to new 2008 voters. The DNC will put $50 million into midterm elections - without federal PAC and lobbyist dollars. DNC efforts include www.RaiseYourVote.com, which facilitates voter registration, and the accountability project, which allows publicity for GOP/Tea Party statements. OFA is focusing on Commit to Vote canvassing efforts. The DNC will decide on a convention location by the end of this year or early next year. There was also discussion about important state legislative races which are critical regarding upcoming redistricting.
New business – the Committee recommended a Charter Amendment to eliminate the approximately 70 unpledged add-on national convention delegate position, and add this group as part of the 700 new pledged convention delegates.
Alfonso Lopez says hi. Gaylene Knoyton represented DPVA well at this morning’s Association of State Democratic Chairs. New AFL-CIO President Doris Crouse-Mays, Delegate Lionell Spruill, and At-Large member Grindley Johnson are also attending the meetings.
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August 19, 2010 Final discussion and vote on Delegate Selection Rules
Rule 20 & 21- A Florida representative complained that the rules don’t provide clear guidance and objective standards re “provable positive steps” needed to obtain a waiver of DNC Rules, including those regarding calendar. The proposed new language to para 20(c)(7) changing requirement to three steps, not all five. Rule 20(b) sets forth steps: Drafting of corrective legislation, endorsement of legislation by state party, education of public, active support, and encouraging consideration of legislation. This proposal would make it easier to argue for a waiver, but does not make the process any more “objective.” The proposal would not apply to only Florida, but perhaps make it easier for any state to cut in front of the line and reject the calender we are about to approve. This is a bad idea, introduced late, which the RBC properly rejected (after too much discussion). After the 2012 election, the RBC will revisit calendar issues (appropropriately so).
The RBC unanimously voted to adopt the rules. Note that the DNC staff is evaluating Cleveland, Charlotte, Minneapolis, and St. Louis as the site for the 2012 convention. I will be posting on tomorrow’s final vote, other DNC activities, and some interesting things about St. Louis. The RBC will next meet to draft the regulations for the Delegate Selection Rules – these must be adopted by the end of the year and transmitted to state parties, so they can begin drafting the state delegate selection plans.
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August 19, 2010 The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee met today to finalize the 2012 Democratic National Convention Call and Delegate Selection Rules. They will be voted on at tomorrow’s DNC General Meeting. I will post the final documents this weekend.
Call draft completion (see prior post) – Article 1 – Bonus delegate issues -
Article 7 — Discussion re raising minority report threshold from 20% to 25% or 30%. Last minority report was 1992. But note that in 1980, there were 50 minority reports, but many were withdraw by agreement of Carter and Kennedy campaigns. Support for increase in threshold to avoid peripheral, frivolous issues that, by definition, our nominee doesn’t want. Proposal to increase to 25% approved.
Final call – approved.
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August 12, 2010 The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee convened today to finalize the draft Call to the 2012 Democratic Convention and consider a proposed charter amendment. The RBC will take a final vote on the Delegate Selection Rules and Call in St. Louis on August 19 at 12:30 pm and forward to the full DNC for consideration on August 20.
Co-Chair Roosevelt announced that the RNC adopted a delegate selection timing rule that tracks the proposed DNC schedule.
The proposed Charter Amendment would reflect one of the changes re super delegates (specifically, elimination of the unpledged add-on delegate positions). The RBC endorsed it and it will be voted on by the DNC Executive Committee and then the DNC in St. Louis. Read the rest of this entry »
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