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While on this blog I have found those who honestly care about America and where she is going. And yes there are people who for their own selfish reasons try to crush our hope. We should be discussing things to raise our awareness of things around us. Strengthen our friendships with our fellow Democrats from other states. We cannot grow and learn as a party without this. Are we going to disagree on many issues, Yes We Are!. But we must keep it at a mature level. and the question is, can you. If you can great. If you can't it might be time for you to find a less mature site to blog.
My hope fore America is a Barak Obama win in November, because we are the party of change. We stand for the voiceless. The people who are called weirdos, nut-jobs, and treehugger's. People from all walks of life rich, poor, and everywhere in between. If we cannot come together the republicans will win. We are on a slow but steady train to change. Will it ever happen as fast as you want it to. The answer is no. We must lay the groundwork for the change that will eventually come. Will you see it in your lifetime maybe, but probably not. The forces of the republican right are a formidable foe and they will fight us at every turn. Patience must be our watchword, and Resilience our weapon of choice. We have a duty and a responsibility to stand up for what is right. It is my hope that you will join me in this endeavor.
Hope is more than slogan
Change is a result of commitment
Micheal E. DeCoria
My hope fore America is a Barak Obama win in November, because we are the party of change. We stand for the voiceless. The people who are called weirdos, nut-jobs, and treehugger's. People from all walks of life rich, poor, and everywhere in between. If we cannot come together the republicans will win. We are on a slow but steady train to change. Will it ever happen as fast as you want it to. The answer is no. We must lay the groundwork for the change that will eventually come. Will you see it in your lifetime maybe, but probably not. The forces of the republican right are a formidable foe and they will fight us at every turn. Patience must be our watchword, and Resilience our weapon of choice. We have a duty and a responsibility to stand up for what is right. It is my hope that you will join me in this endeavor.
Hope is more than slogan
Change is a result of commitment
Micheal E. DeCoria
Political bloggers gaining more clout -- but it's no way to make a living
NETROOTS NATION
By Omar L. Gallaga, Lilly Rockwell
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Thursday, July 17, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/5r4u35
The Burnt Orange Report, an Austin-based political blog site, distinguished itself this year with its coverage of the Texas presidential primary, in addition to its usual reporting on state and local races.
It has earned a reputation for political analysis with a liberal bent. The site gets from 60,000 to 100,000 page views a day. ...
But like most political blog sites, it has struggled to make money. Thanks to a recent switch in advertising providers, the site hopes to have enough revenue within a year to hire its first paid writer.
In recent years, blogs have moved from the periphery to the center of online political coverage and commentary. An online army of activists and amateur pundits has become part of the 24-hour news cycle. ...
Political blogs might wield influence, but they are still trying to find their footing, experts say, and struggling to bring in enough revenue to support paid staffers as they compete against traditional media for political news and analysis.
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http://tinyurl.com/5r4u35
NETROOTS NATION
By Omar L. Gallaga, Lilly Rockwell
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Thursday, July 17, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/5r4u35
The Burnt Orange Report, an Austin-based political blog site, distinguished itself this year with its coverage of the Texas presidential primary, in addition to its usual reporting on state and local races.
It has earned a reputation for political analysis with a liberal bent. The site gets from 60,000 to 100,000 page views a day. ...
But like most political blog sites, it has struggled to make money. Thanks to a recent switch in advertising providers, the site hopes to have enough revenue within a year to hire its first paid writer.
In recent years, blogs have moved from the periphery to the center of online political coverage and commentary. An online army of activists and amateur pundits has become part of the 24-hour news cycle. ...
Political blogs might wield influence, but they are still trying to find their footing, experts say, and struggling to bring in enough revenue to support paid staffers as they compete against traditional media for political news and analysis.
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complete copyrighted story at
http://tinyurl.com/5r4u35
Hillary Donors Gave Obama $1.8 Million in June
By Sarah Cohen and Matthew Mosk
Washington Post blog
Posted at 6:50 PM ET on Jul 21, 2008
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/21/hillary_donors_give_obama_18_m.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/6mv375
Sen. Barack Obama has posted his first campaign report since the end of the contentious Democratic primary battle, and political reporters and bloggers are already trying to ferret out whether donors to Sen. Hillary Clinton have been helping her formal rival, now the party's presumptive nominee.
The Post has now conducted its own analysis of how Clinton supporters directed their money in June. More than 2,200 Clinton donors became first-time Obama donors, giving him $1.8 million of the $52 million he raised last month. Of those, 355 contributed at least $2,000, for a total of $1 million.
By Sarah Cohen and Matthew Mosk
Washington Post blog
Posted at 6:50 PM ET on Jul 21, 2008
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/21/hillary_donors_give_obama_18_m.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/6mv375
Sen. Barack Obama has posted his first campaign report since the end of the contentious Democratic primary battle, and political reporters and bloggers are already trying to ferret out whether donors to Sen. Hillary Clinton have been helping her formal rival, now the party's presumptive nominee.
The Post has now conducted its own analysis of how Clinton supporters directed their money in June. More than 2,200 Clinton donors became first-time Obama donors, giving him $1.8 million of the $52 million he raised last month. Of those, 355 contributed at least $2,000, for a total of $1 million.
I have completed building the website for the Dracut Democratic Town Committee,and would like everyone in the world to click on it so that it will start coming up in google searches.I am new at sitebuilding but it came out O.k. and the committee seems to like it.Please find the time to check it out,the address is www.dracutdems.com.Thank You Much,Bye...
Im an enthusiastic Democrat who wants to help. I've gone to my state Democratic Party website twice and offered my services, also I have signed up to help individual candidates in my state. But obviously no one is manning the computer or phones. It could just be me though. If anyone has ever done this before could you please tell me how long this process takes. -micheal
C-SPAN: Netroots Nation keynote, Howard Dean, 7-17-08 7:30 pm CDT
5:30 pm PDT, 6:30 pm MDT, 7:30 pm CDT, 8:30 pm EDT
Opening Keynote: Gov. Howard Dean
http://www.netrootsnation.org/node/889
Thursday, July 17th 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM [CDT]
Keynote, Exhibit Hall 4
Time: Thursday, July 17th, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Room: Exhibit Hall 4
Gov. Howard Dean will kick off Netroots Nation 2008 with an evening keynote.
I am a small town kind of a guy, but for most of my life I have been discouraged to do anything close to politics. To make things worse I live in a state that is almost completly republican. So even if I did have something to say I do not have leadership that shares my ideals. and I know what your probably going to say, just move. In truth that would be the simplest way to solve it, but I love it here in Idaho and could not see myself living anywhere else. So if any Democrats in Idaho read this we need to get together. We need to get organized. I am tired of being voiceless in the land of Elephants.
Micheal E. DeCoria
Micheal E. DeCoria
It is an unfortunate fact that in the end, big oil will eventually win and drilling will commence. Maybe not now but they will wait until the climate is ripe for them to pounce. So in the interest of enviromentalists to preserve the ecosystem I beleive that a compromise must be carefully costructed to regulate the way that they can drill. I also think that democrats can use this compromise to insure that bio-fuels and alternative energy systems are put into place, and I,m not talking about 2030. And the final part of the compromise should cover ending the production of vehicles that run only on gasoline. Do you really think that the major automobile makers are going to change if we don't help them change, I don't. In closing I will be awaiting your positive, and negative responses, but remember one thing the oil companies can waite for decades and in hard economic times they will take what they want without giving up anything.-Micheal
Dean to lead national voter registration effort [schedule]
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Democratic National Committee
DNC Press Office
Press Release
For Immediate Release
DEAN TO LEAD NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORT
Register for Change Bus Tour to Kick-off in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana This Week
Washington, DC - Governor Howard Dean will lead a national grassroots voter registration effort. The cross country bus tour, "Register for Change," will build on the overwhelming enthusiasm and voter turnout seen during the primaries as Democrats mobilize and organize voters for the fall election.
The tour kicks-off with events in Crawford and Austin, TX on Thursday, July 17th. Dean will also deliver the Opening Keynote Speech at Netroots Nation 2008 in Austin, TX. On Friday, July 18th and Saturday, July 19th the tour will continue with events in Hattiesburg, and Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. All listed times are local.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Democratic National Committee
DNC Press Office
Press Release
For Immediate Release
DEAN TO LEAD NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORT
Register for Change Bus Tour to Kick-off in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana This Week
Washington, DC - Governor Howard Dean will lead a national grassroots voter registration effort. The cross country bus tour, "Register for Change," will build on the overwhelming enthusiasm and voter turnout seen during the primaries as Democrats mobilize and organize voters for the fall election.
The tour kicks-off with events in Crawford and Austin, TX on Thursday, July 17th. Dean will also deliver the Opening Keynote Speech at Netroots Nation 2008 in Austin, TX. On Friday, July 18th and Saturday, July 19th the tour will continue with events in Hattiesburg, and Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. All listed times are local.
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Rice reports more than $450K from 2nd Quarter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Release: Monday, July 14, 2008
Andrew Rice for US Senate, Inc.
U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Rice announced his best fundraising quarter to date, raising $451,783.18 from April 1 to June 30.
"We continued to receive great support from Oklahomans across the state during the second quarter," Rice said. "We are thrilled to be having this sort of fundraising success, but we know we will need more throughout the campaign to challenge an incumbent who has the support of Washington special interests."
Rice said he was proud that 94 percent of his total campaign donations have come from individuals.
"Our average donation in the second quarter was about $129 per donor," Rice said. "We are getting a lot of grassroots support, and I believe that is the surest way to victory in Oklahoma."
For his entire campaign, Rice has raised $1,423,115.74, and he now has $748,190.65 cash on hand. Just over 60 percent of his donations have come from Oklahomans.
"We are in a great position to be competitive come November," Rice said.
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Paid for and Authorized by Andrew Rice for US Senate, Inc.
http://www.andrewforoklahoma.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Release: Monday, July 14, 2008
Andrew Rice for US Senate, Inc.
U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Rice announced his best fundraising quarter to date, raising $451,783.18 from April 1 to June 30.
"We continued to receive great support from Oklahomans across the state during the second quarter," Rice said. "We are thrilled to be having this sort of fundraising success, but we know we will need more throughout the campaign to challenge an incumbent who has the support of Washington special interests."
Rice said he was proud that 94 percent of his total campaign donations have come from individuals.
"Our average donation in the second quarter was about $129 per donor," Rice said. "We are getting a lot of grassroots support, and I believe that is the surest way to victory in Oklahoma."
For his entire campaign, Rice has raised $1,423,115.74, and he now has $748,190.65 cash on hand. Just over 60 percent of his donations have come from Oklahomans.
"We are in a great position to be competitive come November," Rice said.
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Paid for and Authorized by Andrew Rice for US Senate, Inc.
http://www.andrewforoklahoma.com
Obama campaign reaches out to Tulsa Hispanics
By William R. Wynn
La Semana del Sur.
Sunday, 13 Jul 2008
TULSA, OK -- Local supporters of Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama have launched an effort to reach out to Tulsa Hispanics, with a special emphasis on registering new voters. A group affiliated with Tulsans for Obama set up a registration table at Plaza Santa Cecilia on July 5, returning again the following Saturday.
David C. Phillips is the Voter Registration Coordinator for the "Obama Vote for a Change Campaign." It was Phillips’ idea to take the registration campaign to the heart of Tulsa’s Hispanic population at 21st and Garnett, and the event was, by Phillips’ measure, at least moderately successful for a first attempt.
Acknowledging concerns about the language barrier and the fact that the Hispanic community in Tulsa has largely gone ignored by political party activists, Phillips expressed a positive outlook in an email sent out to supporters the day after the inaugural effort.
"We had a good time [and] we registered six people," Phillips said, adding, "We registered no Republicans. They all either declared themselves Democrats or Independents."
Phillips’ experience in fact represents in microcosm what has become a growing nationwide trend among Latino voters, particularly new and younger voters, to abandon traditional allegiances with the Republican Party, allegiances that were formed based on a shared social conservatism. With the national debate over how to deal with the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants living and working in the United States having become increasingly partisan over the past several years, more and more U.S. born children of immigrant families, especially those of Latino heritage, are seeing the Democratic Party as more friendly �" or at least less hostile �" to their issues and concerns.
This is particularly true in Oklahoma, where not a single Republican in the State House and only one in the State Senate voted against the draconian anti-immigrant HB 1804 last year. A similar disenchantment with the Republican Party is becoming evident among Hispanics on a national level. Read More »
By William R. Wynn
La Semana del Sur.
Sunday, 13 Jul 2008
TULSA, OK -- Local supporters of Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama have launched an effort to reach out to Tulsa Hispanics, with a special emphasis on registering new voters. A group affiliated with Tulsans for Obama set up a registration table at Plaza Santa Cecilia on July 5, returning again the following Saturday.
David C. Phillips is the Voter Registration Coordinator for the "Obama Vote for a Change Campaign." It was Phillips’ idea to take the registration campaign to the heart of Tulsa’s Hispanic population at 21st and Garnett, and the event was, by Phillips’ measure, at least moderately successful for a first attempt.
Acknowledging concerns about the language barrier and the fact that the Hispanic community in Tulsa has largely gone ignored by political party activists, Phillips expressed a positive outlook in an email sent out to supporters the day after the inaugural effort.
"We had a good time [and] we registered six people," Phillips said, adding, "We registered no Republicans. They all either declared themselves Democrats or Independents."
Phillips’ experience in fact represents in microcosm what has become a growing nationwide trend among Latino voters, particularly new and younger voters, to abandon traditional allegiances with the Republican Party, allegiances that were formed based on a shared social conservatism. With the national debate over how to deal with the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants living and working in the United States having become increasingly partisan over the past several years, more and more U.S. born children of immigrant families, especially those of Latino heritage, are seeing the Democratic Party as more friendly �" or at least less hostile �" to their issues and concerns.
This is particularly true in Oklahoma, where not a single Republican in the State House and only one in the State Senate voted against the draconian anti-immigrant HB 1804 last year. A similar disenchantment with the Republican Party is becoming evident among Hispanics on a national level. Read More »
AP: Obama tells NAACP blacks must take responsibility
By GLEN JOHNSON and DAN SEWELL, Associated Press Writers
42 minutes ago [Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:40 pm EDT]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080714/ap_on_el_pr/obama_blacks
CINCINNATI - Democrat Barack Obama insisted Monday that blacks must show greater responsibility for their actions. In remarks prepared for delivery at the annual NAACP convention, the man who could become the first black president said Washington must provide greater education and economic assistance, but that blacks must demand more of themselves.
"If we're serious about reclaiming that dream, we have to do more in our own lives, our own families and our own communities," Obama said. "That starts with providing the guidance our children need, turning off the TV and putting away the video games; attending those parent-teacher conferences, helping our children with their homework and setting a good example."
He added: "I know some say I've been too tough on folks about this responsibility stuff. But I'm not going to stop talking about it. Because I believe that in the end, it doesn't matter how much money we invest in our communities, or how many 10-point plans we propose, or how many government programs we launch — none of it will make any difference if we don't seize more responsibility in our own lives."
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Netroots Nation 2008. The third annual gathering of the Netroots (formerly known as the YearlyKos Convention) will be held July 17–20... Netroots Nation 2008 will include panels led by national and international experts; identity, issue and regional caucuses; prominent political, issue and policy-oriented speakers; a progressive film screening series; and the most concentrated gathering of progressive bloggers to date. Agenda at http://www.netrootsnation.org/agenda-2008
How Democrats Could Turn Texas Into the Blue Star State
By Bob Moser
This article appeared in the July 21, 2008 edition of The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080721/moser
"Did I mention that it's fun to be a Democrat in Texas?" asks Matt Glazer, editor in chief of the Burnt Orange Report, the state's leading progressive blog. He has, in fact, mentioned it a couple of times over beers at Scholz Garten, a legendary liberal hangout in Austin, and always with the same glimmer of happy bemusement behind his black-frame blogger specs. I'd been seeing that look in Democrats' eyes all over Texas in early June--at their raucous, record-breaking state convention, at local Democratic shindigs, in giddily overburdened Obama HQs. "It's like everyone who toiled on that Democratic death march for years, when it was so difficult, is now seeing daylight," says Josh Berthume of the Dallas suburb Denton, editor in chief of TheTexasBlue.com and another key player in a vigorous blogosphere that has helped ignite the startling Democratic flare-up here, in the bright red heart of Tom DeLay and Karl Rove's "permanent" Republican majority.
The very notion of Texas Democrats glimpsing daylight--of America's biggest chunk of Republican real estate being shaded pink on the '08 election map--seems almost absurd, a contradiction in terms, even to those who are making it happen. Like many of the nuevo pols, bloggers and progressive activists who are constructing a state-of-the-art Democratic machine in Texas, Glazer and Berthume are too young to remember the last time skies were blue for the party that ruled Texas politics from Reconstruction clear through to Reagan/Bush. So is Burnt Orange publisher Karl-Thomas Musselman, who's 23. "The last time Democrats won my hometown"--a small outpost in the central Hill Country--"was 1964," he says. "And that was only because President Johnson brought the chancellor of Germany to Fredericksburg for a visit."
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By Bob Moser
This article appeared in the July 21, 2008 edition of The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080721/moser
"Did I mention that it's fun to be a Democrat in Texas?" asks Matt Glazer, editor in chief of the Burnt Orange Report, the state's leading progressive blog. He has, in fact, mentioned it a couple of times over beers at Scholz Garten, a legendary liberal hangout in Austin, and always with the same glimmer of happy bemusement behind his black-frame blogger specs. I'd been seeing that look in Democrats' eyes all over Texas in early June--at their raucous, record-breaking state convention, at local Democratic shindigs, in giddily overburdened Obama HQs. "It's like everyone who toiled on that Democratic death march for years, when it was so difficult, is now seeing daylight," says Josh Berthume of the Dallas suburb Denton, editor in chief of TheTexasBlue.com and another key player in a vigorous blogosphere that has helped ignite the startling Democratic flare-up here, in the bright red heart of Tom DeLay and Karl Rove's "permanent" Republican majority.
The very notion of Texas Democrats glimpsing daylight--of America's biggest chunk of Republican real estate being shaded pink on the '08 election map--seems almost absurd, a contradiction in terms, even to those who are making it happen. Like many of the nuevo pols, bloggers and progressive activists who are constructing a state-of-the-art Democratic machine in Texas, Glazer and Berthume are too young to remember the last time skies were blue for the party that ruled Texas politics from Reconstruction clear through to Reagan/Bush. So is Burnt Orange publisher Karl-Thomas Musselman, who's 23. "The last time Democrats won my hometown"--a small outpost in the central Hill Country--"was 1964," he says. "And that was only because President Johnson brought the chancellor of Germany to Fredericksburg for a visit."
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