Welcome to 2008. Now, We Work.
(Cross-Posted to DemNotes at www.DemNotes.com)
Yes, I know, you haven’t heard from DemNotes in a while. Don’t worry — it is still here, and now that we’ve gotten through the holidays, it is time to work off all of that turkey and other food that we’ve stored for the winter…
2008. Just typing that year brings to mind all sorts of promise, all sorts of potential. This is the year we could build a real majority in the U.S. Senate — in part by electing a Democrat from Colorado to replace Wayne Allard. This is the year that we could continue our reinvigoration of Colorado’s government by adding to our historic majorities in the State Senate and State House. This is the year that we could finally be rid of Marilyn Musgrave, and the year we ARE finally rid of Tom Tancredo.
Finally, in what may be the most important part of 2008, this is the year that the candidate who gets nominated in Colorado will be elected as a President who will lead our nation out of the mess that we’ve seen over the past 8 years and finally into a 21st century that is about hope and optimism instead of division and cynicism.
For us in Colorado, this begins on the evening of February 5, a night that will look a lot like (but not identical to) what you will see on the television from Iowa tonight in terms of procedure.
If you’re a county chair or a county party leader, there are a number of things you NEED to do in the next few weeks to be sure your county — no matter how big or small — is ready for caucuses on February 5, as well as to be ready for the county assemblies and conventions in the weeks to follow.
First of all, your county central committee should have already met — prior to yesterday — and determined a formula for allocating delegates from the precinct caucuses to the county convention and assembly. The formula must be uniformly applied and must take into account Democratic performance of each precinct. Each precinct must have at least two delegates. If your county party has NOT done this yet, you should schedule a central committee meeting as soon as possible to get this done.
At that meeting, you also NEED to vote on the date, time, and place for the county assembly and convention. The meeting must be between February 20 and March 17.
Finally, you need to determine where your precinct caucus locations will be. The locations must be accessible, and you need to post a sign at each location at least 10 days prior to the caucuses.
If you are a county party leader, and have questions about any of this, please let me know. Otherwise, I’m looking forward to seeing so many of you at the various caucus trainings I’ll be conducting in nearly every corner of the state. I’ll write about those as I do them, beginning with the training for Northeast Colorado counties in Fort Morgan this Saturday at 11 am at Morgan Community College.
See you there!
January 3rd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
If you are going to mention “our” Congresswoman by name than I think you should also mention that Betsy Markey has a very energetic campaign to unseat Musgrave! Folks who wish to volunteer can go to www.markeyforcongress.com and sign up.
Already, the DCCC has indicated that Musgrave is one of only 40 seats they are targeting with support. Betsy Markey already has the support of Emily’s List and very soon they will, I am pretty sure, put some “real” money into this campaign.
With all her flip flopping in DC (she says one thing here and returns to Washington to vote the opposite) Musgrave will have a race on her hands. I think her constitutents are tired of the same old same old empty rhetoric. She is not “green”, she is not “progressive”, she is not bipartisan. And, we are not fooled.
January 12th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Dear Colorado Democratic party:
I question the ethics of using this website to put forth one’s own candidate endorsement.
I find it strange that one person in a position of access/authority can use this state & national forum to endorse ONE candidate.
It’s not that I’m complaining about the endorsement of Barak Obama. I think he is wonderful, but if I were not an Obama support, and I supported someone else, how do you think this might look?
I’m not complaining that this person who is doing this on this web site is a bad person, or that he supports a bad candidate. It’s just that it seems this is not the forum for it.
This democratic website, and “the party” belongs to all who are democrats in Colorado, not just one sub group with in the party.
Please give close attention to YOUR ethical conduct, and level of integrity on this website that is publicly supported by Democrats from ALL walks of life.
I believe you have an ethical problem, and while it may not seem like it to you, you should be on the receiving end of this type of behavior, and just see how that might come across to you.
If you say you don’t care, then you are no better than what we have in Washington right now. But I”d like to believe you DO care, and will quit this type of behavior here.
Sincerely,
A democrat for ethical integrity
January 29th, 2008 at 9:22 am
I see that you would like to elect a “Democrat from Colorado to replace Wayne Allard”. How about electing a
“Democrat from Colorado to replace Ken Salazar, one of the worst BlueDog Demirats in Washington.
January 29th, 2008 at 9:32 am
I see that you would like to elect a “Democrat from Colorado to replace Wayne Allard”. How about electing a
“Democrat from Colorado to replace Ken Salazar”, one of the worst Blue Dog Demirats in Washington. The Blue Dog Demirats are completing their task of selling out the country in the treasonous tradition of their predecessors, the “Centrist Democrats” who sold out to the Republicans (fascists) in the 1980s.
January 29th, 2008 at 9:34 am
I see that you would like to elect a “Democrat from Colorado to replace Wayne Allard”. How about
electing a “Democrat from Colorado to replace Ken Salazar”, one of the worst Blue Dog Demirats in Washington. The Blue Dog Demirats are completing their task of selling out the country in the treasonous tradition of their predecessors, the “Centrist Democrats” who sold out to the Republicans (fascists) in
the 1980s.