DNC Chairman Howard Dean's Address to the DNC Spring Meeting

April 25, 2006 - Read the address given by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today to the DNC’s Annual Spring Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Rebuilding New Orleans Libraries

April 25, 2006 - The DNC is sponsoring a book drive to help re-stock the New Orleans Public Library. If you want to help, you can ship your books to this address: Rica A. Trigs, Public Relations New Orleans Public Library 219 Loyola Ave....
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Spring Meeting & Fifty State Strategy Collide (Part II)

April 22, 2006 - Just got back to my apartment in Washington, D.C. from New Orleans -- it's nice to be home. I'll have some photos and video up from the French Quarter Festival that was going on today. I am so glad I...
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Meeting Open Thread

April 22, 2006 - We're streaming the meeting this morning live here....
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From the Lower 9th Ward

April 21, 2006 - I'm sitting on a bus with 28 other volunteers -- a combination of DNC members, officers and staffers. We just spent two hours in New Orlean's lower 9th ward gutting a house that had been overcome with mold in the seven months since Katrina hit.
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Spring Meeting: Exec. Committee Photos and Video

April 21, 2006 - Photos and video from this morning's Executive Committee Session at the 2006 Spring Meeting in New Orleans. Previous entries on the topic include: Governor Dean's remarks and Penny Lee of the Democratic Governor's Association (Link) -- Michael Davies of the...
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Spring Meeting: More from the Exec. Committee -- DLCC

April 21, 2006 - Continued from previous post. The next speaker was Michael Davies of the DLCC. Their job is to simply, or not so simply, to elect Democratic legislators in 7382 state legislative districts across the country. You might recall that Governor Dean...
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Spring Meeting: Exec. Committee Meeting & Dem. Governors Assoc.

April 21, 2006 - I just got done with the executive committee meeting and wanted to post a few quick notes before turning towards uploading photos and video from the session. Of all the pieces I've attended so far, this one provided the most...
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Community Service in Plaquemines Parish

April 21, 2006 - Yesterday, I took a trip Plaquemines Distribution Center outside of New Orleans. I went with three great DNC members -- one from Alaska, one from Delaware, and another from northern Wisconsin. The Center's a distribution point run by a fantastic woman from the United Way, who has worked to turn what was once an abandoned machine shop into a type of department store.
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Spring Meeting & Fifty State Strategy Collide

April 20, 2006 - Bringing it back to the 50 State Strategy, I had the occassion to spend a few minutes earlier today with DeMiktric Biggs, one of the organizers hired by the DNC in Mississippi. Like the previous stories from Utah, Ohio and...
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Spring Meeting: Resolutions Committee

April 20, 2006 - Happening at the same time as the Rules Committee Meeting, the Resolutions Committee took to business in the ballroom right next door. I was kind of confused going into the meeting, and this is how its purpose was explained to...
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Spring Meeting: Rules & ByLaws

April 20, 2006 - By far and away, one of the most popular of the meetings taking place today was the rules committee. The reason for that was the first piece of business on the agenda... the 2008 Primary calendar. The following states made...
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Spring Meeting: Mid-Day Thoughts

April 20, 2006 - I am sitting in the lobby of the hotel, grabbing a quick bite to eat and thinking about what I've seen so far on the Spring Meeting's first day. There are a number of states here promoting their efforts to...
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Spring Meeting: Executive Director Session

April 20, 2006 - First stop on today's agenda after a quick staff meeting, was a meeting of Executive Directors from across the country. As I walked in, DNC staffer Paul Hegarty was briefing the EDs on the 50 State Canvass taking place on...
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First AP Article on Spring Meeting

April 20, 2006 - I can't speak for anyone else, but the first three "locals" I spoke with after arriving in New Orleans all said it was fantastic that the Democratic Party chose this city to host its Spring Meeting in. Not that any...
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Arriving In New Orleans

April 19, 2006 - I think it's impossible to NOT think about Katrina in a sincere and emotional way before the plane even touches ground in New Orleans. McConaha leaned over to me and mentioned the fact that the airport itself was transformed into...
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