January 27, 2012
If you want to learn about how to be a delegate to the Virginia Democratic Convention in Fairfax, and/or Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, or you want to learn about the process so you can help inform other Democrats, there are a couple of great opportunities this weekend. There will be live presentation on Saturday, January 28, at 1 – 3 pm, at the Mason District Governmental Center, 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003; RSVP to sue.langley@gmail.com or on Facebook, here. On Sunday, January 29, 4:00 pm, there will be a live Web broadcast that you can watch at the DPVA Website (www.vademocrats.org) , this site (www.demrulz.org) – HERE, or at www.InsideScoopProductions.com. The tape and updated materials will be added to the DPVA’s Delegate Selection Page and this site’s Delegate Selection Page. See you there.
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January 27, 2012
The DPVA just announced that, in addition to Senators Webb and Warner and Governor Kaine, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer will attend the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner as the keynote speaker. He gave an excellent speech at the 2008 Convention and it will be an exciting experience to hear him in Richmond on February 11th. If you haven’t yet signed up, you can do so here.
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January 26, 2012
DPVA issued the following press release today regarding voter supression bills the GOP is pushing in the General Assembly. Go to Virginia’s Legislative Information Services page for more information on the specific bills and contact your delegate or state senator, here. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 25, 2012
I thought President Obama looked relaxed and confident, defended his record, and set out a blueprint for fairness. Here’s the broadcast and action page, and here’s the text.
2012 State of the Union Address (74.1 KiB, 5 hits)
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January 24, 2012
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Sunday, January 29, 2012 – 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET
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January 23, 2012
Before we can re-elect President Obama, we need to re-nominate President Obama, and we will be doing that at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC on Sept. 3-6, 2012. The process of selecting delegates to that Convention is getting underway, and will feature city and county caucuses, Congressional District Conventions, and a State Convention, which will be held at George Mason University on June 2, 2012. To help kick off the effort, I’ll be doing presentations on the delegate selection process this weekend.
On Saturday, January 28, at 1 – 3 pm, I’ll be speaking at the Mason District Governmental Center, 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003; RSVP to sue.langley@gmail.com or on Facebook, here.
On Sunday, January 29, 4:00 pm, I’ll be recording a presentation which will be broadcast on the Web. You can watch it live at the DPVA Website (www.vademocrats.org) , this site (www.demrulz.org), or at www.InsideScoopProductions.com.
The tape and updated materials will be added to the DPVA’s Delegate Selection Page and this site’s Delegate Selection Page.
On to Charlotte!
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January 23, 2012
The best way for Democrats to fight the big money/secret donor Superpacs is to out-recruit, out-organize, and out-work the GOP. But we also need to raise money to get our message out. The biggest Democratic Party of Virginia fundraiser is the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, this year being held on February 11 and featuring our own Sen. Mark Warner as the speaker. The weekend’s events also include the Young Democrats welcome reception, the Women’s Caucus breakfast, an awards lunch, State Central and Steering Committee meetings, and important party and election training. So please sign up here and join Gov. Tim Kaine and other good Democrats us in Richmond for the J-J Weekend.
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January 23, 2012
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jobs, and that Romney guy.
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January 17, 2012
The DNC announced that the final night of the Democratic National Convention will be held in Charlotte’s football stadium, which can hold 70,000 people. The Convention also will be shortened to 3 days and the day before the convention starts will be a day to celebrate Virginia, and other southern states. For more Convention information, sign up for updates from this site and the official DNC Convention Site. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 14, 2012
Federal District Judge John Gibney yesterday rejected the efforts by GOP Presidential candidates Perry, Gingrich, Santorum, and Huntsman to litigate their way onto the Virginia March 6, 2012 primary ballot. Each of the candidates had failed to comply with the Virginia statutory requirement that they obtain 10,000 signatures to qualify for the primary. In its Opinion, the Court held that their request for a preliminary injunction to place them on the ballot was barred by the equitable doctrine of laches – meaning that they waited too long to challenge the law, and a change at this time would disrupt the printing of the ballots and the primary process. “In essence, they played the game, lost, and then complained the rules were unfair.” Op. at 2. In doing so, the candidates “displayed an unreasonable and inexcusable lack of diligence.” Op. at 11. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 13, 2012
Jobs, Jobs, and New Hampshire
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January 7, 2012
And a busy one it is – new job figures show continuing economic recovery, 25,000 enthusiastic Iowa caucus goers for Obama (great turnout for an unopposed candidate), Obama appoints Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head (by-passing do-nothing Congress), strategic review of defense priorities, fair immigration policy, and GOP seems headed toward nominating a candidate they, and everyone else, can’t stand (with good reason).
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January 7, 2012
After only Willard Romney and Ron Paul timely submitted the required 10,000 signatures (with 400 from each CD) to qualify for the Virginia GOP primary ballot, Rick Perry sued Virginia State Board of Elections (“SBE”) members (Judd, Bowers, and Palmer) and Republican Party of Va. (“RPVA”) Chair (Pat Mullins), in their official capacities, in federal court. Perry sought to litigate his way onto the ballot by having the Court issue an injunction prohibiting the SBE from enforcing the law and compelling the RPVA to place him on the ballot. Perry v. Judd, Civ. No. 3;11-cv-856-JAG (E.D. Va. Dec. 27, 2011). The Court invited the other GOP candidates to intervene, and Santorum, Gingrich, and Huntsman did so. The Court set a schedule requiring opening briefs to be filed on Jan. 6, responses on Jan. 11, and a hearing with live witnesses on Jan. 13. Here are some of the highlights of the briefs the parties filed yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 28, 2011
Too much is happening too fast for me to update this blog, so friend me (Frank Leone) on Facebook and/or follow me on twitter, @demrulz – I am commenting and sharing information as I get it. For the best new source, follow @RyanNobles. For those of us who follow these kinds of issues (KW and JB), this is heaven.
Paul Goldman is up at 2 pm with his legislative fixes (which are doomed to fail in this session). The DPVA has worked for the three primary cycles to ease ballot access and the GOP has blocked those efforts each time; it looks like they are now on board, which should make the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee happy for 2016. One question is will easier ballot access trickle down to statewide races (which have the same 10,000 signature, 400 per CD requirements)?
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December 26, 2011
RTD p0litical reporter Wesley Hester reports that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuchinelli wants to lower Virginia’s presidential primary signature requirement to 100 per congressional district, and make the change retroactive to help the GOP candidates who didn’t make it on the ballot (including his apparent favorite Rick Santorum). Cooch also noted the possibility of “a serious write-in campaign,” and thus it appears that he does not know that Va. Code sec. 24.2-549 does not allow write-ins in primaries. If the GOP wanted to ease access to the primary ballot, it should have enacted Democratic Party-endorsed House Bill 1667, which would have lowered the requirement from 10,000 to 5,000 signatures. See here. It should still support that change – but going forward only.
By the way, Presidential Candidates can obtain information on ballot requirements from the State Board of Elections, here (although it is too late for many of them).
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