The DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee is off to an excellent start on the path to the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The next steps will be an RBC meeting in DC on July 8-9 to finalize the Delegate Selection Rules and the August 21 DNC meeting which will adopt the Convention Call. Thoughts on the May 20-21 RBC meeting:Read More »DNC Rules & Bylaws May 2010 Meeting – Highlights
The DNC RBC completed its meeting today. Below are attached the draft rules discussed yesterday and today. I will post some thoughts shortly.
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The RBC reconvened this morning and addressed the remaining provisions of the draft delegate selection rules.Read More »DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee – Update – Calendar
Josh Putnam from Frontloading HQ is tweeting the meeting. http://twitter.com/FHQ Update: Rule 7 – Inclusion Programs – This provision was added in 2008 and sets… Read More »Today’s DNC Rule & Bylaws Committee Meeting – UPDATE #2 – Superdelegates
The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee is meeting today at the Capital Hilton in DC. Here are the highlights, which I will update over the course of the afternoon.
Patrice Taylor set forth the calendar for now to 2012 (to be posted later). The RBC will meet today and tomorrow and then on July 9-10, 2010 in DC to finalize the Convention Call, which will be approved at the DNC meeting in St. Louis on August 21, 2010.
DNC Co-Chair James Roosevelt reported that the RNC Committee on delegate selection had issued at least an initial report. The Committee’s proposed calendar tracks the DNC Change Commission recommendations – only IA, NH, SC, NV may have primaries/caucuses in February, others must be in March or later. To encourage early processes, in contests held before April, delegates will be awarded on proportional basis, not winner take all has been their usual procedure. (All Democratic contests are proportional, of course.)
The RBC then reviewed the proposed rules seriatum, and then approved or decided to discuss in more detail later. [periodic updates to follow.]
UPDATE #1 :Clarified that votes taken today are “final,” but can still be amended between now and the final adoption of the whole set of rules. (I will post draft rules ater today.) The draft rules have the same structure as the 2008 rules. Specific rules addressed below.Read More »DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee Meeting UPDATE
The DNC RBC will meet this weekend to begin the process of drafting the 2012 Democratic National Convention Delegate Selection Plan and evaluating the Change… Read More »DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee to meet this week
Economic Recovery, Oil Spill, 2010 Elections.
on your service on the McDonnell Government Deform and Destruction Commission. Please keep the Governor from messing up things too badly. Thanks.
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DNC/OFA 2010 plans, deficit reduction, immigration reform, and more.
May 20-21, 2010 (Fri-Sat): The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee will meet in Washington DC to work on the 2012 National Convention Delegate Selection Plan. The… Read More »Upcoming DNC Meetings
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From the DNC:
* As President Obama considers candidates to succeed Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, he will look to individuals who think independently, who have a proven record of excellence, who are dedicated to upholding the rule of law, and who have a clear understanding of the effects of the law in Americans’ lives.Read More »DNC Talking Points: Selecting a Supreme Court Justice
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We need to continue spreading the truth about how the health care reform legislation will help the American people – starting now. See:
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As part of African American History Month, the Arlington Young Democrats tonight hosted a presentation by Dr. Talmadge Williams on Freedman’s Village and the Black Heritage… Read More »Arlington’s Important African American Heritage
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Hot of the presses! Here’s the report of the DNC Change Commission which recommends pushing back early primary and caucus dates and clustering states, making superdelegates pledged to candidates, and improving caucuses. The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee will consider the recommendations and incorporate them (as appropriate) in the 2012 Democratic National Convention Delegate Selection Plan. Chairman Kaine’s cover letter is below the fold.
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The Democratic Party of Virginia Steering and Central Committee meetings, scheduled for this Friday and Saturday, have been postponed due to expected bad weather. They… Read More »DPVA Meetings Postponed
First, as NLS reports, the GOP continues their efforts to make voting harder — in this case, by requiring people who don’t have IDs to… Read More »Bad Voting Bills
The Democratic Party of Virginia State Central Committee at its December 2009 meeting voted to form a Strategic Plan Committee. Ten tactical thoughts to consider:
The DNC meets twice a year and the DPVA Central Committee meets four times a year – if we had a DNC Chair who was… Read More »Big Democratic Meeting Weekend
President Obama got it right – he will veto overspending, and Congress needs to publicize earmarks, quit holding appointments hostage, and do its job in… Read More »Change Congress
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