Democratic Party

AP: Democrats post big gains in voter registration

Mike W — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:39:10 EDT

Democrats post big gains in voter registration
By JULIE PACE and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writers
Sun Sep 7, 6:40 AM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080907/ap_on_el_pr/voter_registration

CLAIRTON, Pa. - Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats - one of thousands of unknown volunteers whose work outside the limelight has already altered the basic arithmetic of the November election.

The epic nomination battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton helped put millions more Democrats on the voter rolls while Republican registration declined. Now Graham, 45, has taken three months of unpaid leave from her job at Pittsburgh's Central Blood Bank in the hope of adding to those gains before the presidential vote.

She's encouraged by the response here. "They're all feeling the crunch" of lost jobs and a sagging economy, Graham said. "But people are feeling empowered. They're feeling like, you know what, I hold a little bit of power in this."

To counter this effort, the Republicans are counting on a formidable, high-tech get-out-the-vote operation that has helped them win the past two presidential elections.

Calling all Precinct Committee Persons and County Chairs

Micheal DeCoria — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:14:31 EDT

We are attempting to set up an information and educational group set up to help new Democrats. Topics covered will be:

1. fostering enthusiasm in all aspects of the political process.

2. identifying strong candidates for leadership positions.
within individual states. and connecting them to their corresponding leadership.

3. Insuring that willing volunteers are connected to leadership that will put them to work.

If you are in a leadership position your help would be appreciated. WE NEED LEADERSHIP FROM ALL 50 STATES

SEND ME A MESSAGE OR A FREIND REQUEST.

The groups name is:Party Builders Volunteer Action Group

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY
MICHEAL

Calling all Precinct Committee Persons and County Chairs

Micheal DeCoria — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:37:40 EDT

Calling all Precinct Committee Persons and County Chairs

Micheal DeCoria — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:09:45 EDT

A Letter to Barack Obama

Nick Danger — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:21:01 EDT

Dear Barack Obama,

The jobless rate went up yesterday to 6.1% nationally with a loss of 84,000 jobs... Here in California that number is even higher on the whole. Los Angeles for example has an 8.1% unemployment rate and the state is at 7.1%. People are loosing their homes. I sympathize cause I've already lost mine and my wife and I are coming out of bankruptcy.

I watch all the news stations and saw you somewhere out in what appeared to be western Pennsylvania talking about the poor jobs report...What I didn't see was a follow-up in that same excerpt, that same couple of sentences, about how you are going to put America back to work. Please tell us. We want to believe!

As you well know this election is close. It might very well be won on 'sound bites' that those not so close to the news cycle will be following... You must be tired, you look tired...I know I would be if I were you but we've got less than 60 days to win this election. I believe in you and what your team will do to take this country back for the people and what you and your team will do to unite the electorate. Please find the strength within and the energy to get more aggressive on the economy. I grew up in the Pennsylvania Dutch country and lived in the suburbs outside Detroit Michigan as well, two key battleground areas. The people want to believe. You are the candidate of hope and change! Please hit the eonomy harder and lead us all back to greater prosperity.

Sincerely,

A concerned American and a strong believer in you

Swaying Swing State Voters; It's economics?

Nick Danger — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:23:56 EDT

If you saw John McCain's speech you like I heard no mention of economic policies to bring jobs back to this great nation, no real health-care reform for those with skyrocketing costs or perhaps as with many friends of mine, no health-care insurance period. He did talk about removing barriers for Corporations doing business in the US, no trade restrictions for business(which will result in more lost jobs as McCain would push for the South American Free Trade Agreement to be put into law), privitization of Social Security, elimination of Unemployment Insurance as we know it (eluding to the unemployed being given menial jobs before paying them the unemployment money they themselves paid into the fund)and a drill drill drill rhetoric.

The latest McCain campaign strategy is to paint the Obama-Biden ticket as being "on the fringe". We must, each of us refocus this election on the economy and other issues at hand! I urge each of you to reach out and write to a friend in a battleground or red state letting them know the facts. Let's put Amercia back to work and restore our standing of prestige in the world order!

The Gloves are OFF!!!

Nick Danger — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:30:49 EDT

I've watched all the RNC attack dogs speak this evening during the Republican Convention. After Sarah Palin's speech energizing their base with vicious attacks on Barack Obama, the smear and several factual inacuracies have been duly noted. 'Sarah the Barracuda' as she was known in high school, has bitten us all and this deed will not be forgotten!

Sarah Palin was FOR the 'Bridge to Nowhere' before Congress told her state, Alaska would have to pay for the project. As Mayor, Sarah Palin hired a consultant to bring earmarks to her city when she's publicly claimed to be against earmarks. Sara Palin has not even traveled outside the US until last year and she managed to leave office with the city of Wasilla in debt (perhaps better spoken of as an 8,000-10,000 person town rather than city). I've even heard she attempted to fire a librarian who refused to ban some books at the library not to mention the current 'trooper gate' scandal. And not to mention, I haven't even touched on her far right Creationist views including no sex education whatsoever in the class room other than abstinence. It resulted in her 17 year old having a child out of wedlock so like it or not it's news.

What we as Democrats truly can benefit from is to get Sarah Palin in front of a camera speaking her true views in an unscripted atmosphere. She was scheduled to appear on Larry King Live but the McCain campaign canceled her appearance for fear of this very thing.

The time has come to step into the ring. There is no room for error. We must keep our attacks to arguments that make sense to swing voters, independents and Republicans on the fence. I'd like you to remember one thing and that's McCain and Palin = MP and that spells Military Police which is not good for my America!

Watch the GOP Women Talk About Sarah Palin

Cato Meador — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:15:42 EDT

If you notice, every woman at the GOP convention that is singing the praises of Sarah Palin......of what I have seen EVERY ONE OF THEM......is MANY MORE TIMES MORE QUALIFIED THAN THE WOMAN THEY ARE TRYING TO SHOVE DOWN AMERICA'S THROAT!!

And yet....THEY were looked over for the runner-up Miss Alaska 1982!!

This goes so far beyond bizarre.............

Why Sarah Palin Is The Perfect GOP VP Selection

Cato Meador — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:30:25 EDT

It would seem to me, that John McCain couldn't have found a running mate better suited for a GOP ticket, than Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska.
First, if it turns out that her youngest child is actually her daughter's.....then she is a LIAR.

Second, as someone who is an advocate for 'abstainence only' sex education and still believes that it works after her own daughter has been pregnant out of wedlock at LEAST once, if not twice....then she is a HYPOCRITE.

Third, being the type of VP nominee that scares the beejeesus out of people who contemplate her one heartbeat away from being the most powerful person on Earth.....following the likes of Dick Cheney, Dan Quayle and Spiro Agnew....she MEASURES UP.

And fourth, being a Republican politician who is under investigation for ABUSE OF POWER.....hell, she is just another "The Constitution and the laws don't apply to me" REPUBLICAN!!

Short of Ann Coulter......SHE IS THE PERFECT FIT!!

Know your opponents

Mike W — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:53:08 EDT

"Oppo" is a slang term for opposition research. We must all be watching the national convention of that other party this week to be better prepared for the 4-Nov-08 election.

The excerpt below is from The Art of War (Chinese: 孫子兵法; pinyin: Sūn Zǐ Bīng Fǎ), a Chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu.

Sun Tzu on the Art of War:

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

Mike W
Tulsa+
Who has done pro-oppo [professional opposition research]

We Cannot Drop Our Guard!!

Cato Meador — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:24:53 EDT

It would seem, as I have written earlier, that the polls are incorrect due to under-polling of the new voting blocks that Barack Obama has brought to the table.

It would also seem that the Republicans are doing their best to continue George W. Bush's direction...for their party......straight off the cliff!

We have seen that McCain having ONE meeting and ONE phone call with the runner-up for Miss Alaska 1982 wasn't anymore telling than Bush's first meeting with Putin when he "looked into eyes and saw deep into his soul" and KNEW that he could trust him!!

A new out-of-wedlock pregnancy in this right-wing Christian, let-US-tell-you-how-to-live-your-life Republican family, along with a good chance it wasn't the first one, since evidence points to the youngest Palin child, may have been the daughter's anyway might be helping them completely devolve into the chaos that Bush/Cheney pictured for the GOP nearly 8 years ago. Throw in the investigation of Ms. Palin in Alaska, and the word now that her husband had a DUI arrest several years ago, and you would think that we could just WALTZ Barack and Michelle right into the front door of the White House.

But, fellow Democrats, as I have been saying for MONTHS now....the ONLY way we can lose this election is to BEAT OURSELVES!!! And we MUST NOT sit on our laurels and allow the next Bush presidency to become reality and completely destroy what is left of our Constitution!!

We cannot drop our guard, and get soft on the issues, the phone calls, the door knocking or the donations. And for SURE we cannot let up on the blogging, because sometimes it is the only place where one can ever find the complete truth!!

Barack and Joe NEED OUR HELP, no matter HOW much the GOP'ers want to rock us to sleep by completely self-destructing.

I want this country back on the right track, and it can only happen if WE MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!

How does that sound??

A Time for Planning and Prayer

Nick Danger — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:36:59 EDT

During Gustav and possibly as Hannah follows we're at a Crossroads. How do our candidates look Presidential while not appearing to politicize the situation? How do we as not only Democrats but as Americans help those in need during this time? How do we as Democrats counter the RNC and the tone of their convention? Our future as a nation is in peril under a McCain-Palin ticket. I pray for the safety of all Americans and for our candidates to be given wisdom to make the right decisions during these trying times. I'll be gathering my attack material and holding it close to the vest till the storm passes. God bless the USA!

Birthday of the late Ann Richards

Mike W — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:13:09 EDT

Ann Richards, 1933
Monday September 1, 2008
Birthday

Texas Governor Dorothy Ann Willis Richards (September 1, 1933 - September 13, 2006) first came to national attention as the Texas state treasurer, when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards served as Governor of Texas and was an American politician from Texas. She first came to national attention as the Texas state treasurer, when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards served as Governor of Texas from January 15, 1991, to January 17, 1995, and was defeated for re-election in 1994 by George W. Bush. Born during the start of the Depression in rural Texas, she died in Austin from esophageal cancer at the age of 73.

How we win; The Tale of the Hare and the Tortoise

Nick Danger — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:17:13 EDT

After witnessing an incredible convention we must now retire to the War Room and strategize! The RNC know that their convention couldn't come close so McCain will probably give his acceptance speech from the gulf coast region to appear Presidential. We must counteract the effects... If Barack Obama rolls up his sleeves and arrives in the region it might help but seeing a mulitude of Obama T-shirt wearing volunteers pitching in feeding those in the path of the storm and rebuilding the area is our best offense and our defense. Obama contributing personal funds could steal some RNC thunder as well. Now is the time to think smart and react swiftly and decisively.

We must use our response to their convention to praise their concern for the country and more so our party's action during this disaster. We must appear as the party of action and they of talk. The convention itself is a moot point.

McCain's age must be addressed indirectly and not by the campaign itself. We need to come out with both barrels blazing yet utilizing a silencer. Sara Palin's extreme right wing views must be addressed indirectly a as well and not by the campaign itself.

Remember the hare is quick and experienced, exuding confidence. It is the tortoise though that takes the time to think through the task at hand, moves forward continually, exudes patience and inner calm. Displaying a keen sense of awareness, it is he who wins the race.

Can We Really Trust These Poll Numbers?

Cato Meador — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:04:56 EDT

First and foremost. All of my prayers and good thoughts are going out to all of the people on the Gulf Coast. God be with them in these trying and dangerous times.

Now, I keep seeing online and on TV about how 'close' this election is, according to the polls. But these polls have to be faulty.

Polls have there base in previous 'models'. How the country trended in past elections is taken into consideration, and then they build from there.

Not included in these 'models' is the large number of young people that Barack Obama brought into our primaries for the first time, just as it doesn't include the extremely large increase, during our primaries, in the number of African-American voters who turned out.

Both of these groups together combine to create a large hole within the numbers that the poll companies continue to release. I honestly believe they are HEAVILY skewed.

I really have to think that when I see John McCain's choice for a running mate. His campaign KNOWS that putting a woman on the ticket, that has NO tolerance for reproductive rights of women and loves to be photographed with assault rifles, will NOT bring many, if any, Hillary Clinton supporters to their cause.

The Palin choice is nothing short of minimizing the down-ballot losses in November. It was made to shore up the Republican base. The right-wing fanatics who think the Constitution is just an irritating little document on display at the National Archives! Otherwise, they would have put someone up for nomination that actually has at least SOME credible and relevent experience to bring to the job.

The idea of putting an empty resume on the ballot otherwise makes no sense at all.

And I believe it is because that their 'internal' polls are telling the GOP that McCain is a lost cause, so salvage whatever you can. George W. Bush has successfully put his party on the ledge of complete self-destruction and he has done it nearly single-handedly.

And I also believe that the Obama campaign is seeing the same things.

In other words, (as if anybody really cares, of course), I believe that this campaign is nowhere NEAR close. Polls looked really close in 1980, but the night before the election, President Jimmy Carter shed tears, while on Air Force One, when told by his people that there was NO way that they could win the election.

And as I remember.....sadly for sure......it turned out a Ronald Reagan landslide!

AP: Party tickets bring American archetypes to fore

Mike W — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:44:55 EDT

Party tickets bring American archetypes to fore
By TED ANTHONY, AP National Writer
1 hour, 11 minutes ago [Aug 31st, 2008 at 10:31 am EDT]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080831/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_measure_of_a_nation_american_archetypes

ST. PAUL, Minn. - An Irish Catholic guy from a coal town who rides Amtrak home from work each night. A "hockey mom" of five who served on the PTA. A 72-year-old Vietnam vet. A biracial kid with a stepfather and a history of moving around.

Sounds like the ideal focus-grouped audience for a campaign's town hall meeting. But this is something very different: It's America as reflected in the 2008 presidential tickets.

A Shallow Gop Opponent 2032

Larkin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:26:40 EDT

Look at Drew Underwood's campaign website: www.underwood2032.tk You can look at our online debate on a past post of mine, but look what I found when I looked on his website, among other things:
" Breaking News- Pelosi is Still a Bitch
After way too many years serving the liberals, she continues to be a bitch."

"In the end, it is Liberal environmentalists who cause high gas prices."

If this isn't enough, look at the website's SLOGAN:
"Drew Underwood-Stopping Liberalism one step at a time."
Is this the type of Bipartisanship that we need? Absolutely not!

WE HAVE ALOT OF NEW MEMBERS .(PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME THEM.)

Micheal DeCoria — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:16:19 EDT

It only takes five minutes to say Hello, and expand participation on this site.

Just go to:

1. Find people.
2. Find newly created.
3. Personalize your message.

When we increase participation we all win.

*****BUILD THE PARTY*****

WTF!!! PALIN!

Larkin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:12:04 EDT

Way to go John McCain. What better way to through away the election for the GOP? Thanks! Oh, yes, you are totally endangering our country, and therefore world! Think about it this way! If John McCain is elected (IF), he is likely to fall ill, and have to pass on the presidency to Sarah Palin! With less experience in his running mate, than a rival in which his main attack is lack of experience, McCain has lost ANY offense. Palin is the type of ultra-conservative partisan that has plunged this country into eight failed years. Obviously, McCain didn't have the judgment or foresight necessary in picking the Vice President. He picked her as a female running mate to steal Clinton voters. But believe me, this action will NOT negate the wonderful oratory of Hillary and Bill, as this move is designed to do.
Once, McCain was a maverick, with an independent, brilliant mind. Now that he has been selected to lead the Conservative Ballot, he has totally let the power corrupt him. Voting 90% of the time with George W. Bush's politics, pandering to the ultra-right, and going back on his vow to not use dirty campaign tricks do NOT show the maverick he once was or the beliefs that he used to embody.
I can't wait to see Joe Biden totally defeat Palin in the debates!

What WILL The Republicans Do?

Cato Meador — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:42:43 EDT

WHAT A CONVENTION!! The DNC and the Obama campaign set the bar SO high for ALL future conventions.....but that isn't my point right now.

The Republicans, next week, will have such an impossible task, as to try to keep the American people from going to sleep or just change the channel. They can talk about 'celebrities' all they want, but our speakers ARE not just 'celebrities'.....hell, they are SUPERSTARS!!!

Michelle Obama? Teddy Kennedy? Hillary Clinton? Al Gore? The 'GOP' which has allowed itself to be obliterated by George W. Bush, have NOTHING like these people.

President Bill Clinton?....ROCK STAR!! And NOW...Barack Obama? The NEXT President of the United States? EVER BIT THE ROCK STAR, himself!!!

Now, the GOP can take their band of misfits to the convention, and try to not be completely overshadowed by the Democrats who KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK!

Picture this. After 80,000+ people in Mile High Stadium, along with what I am sure will be some HUGE numbers of Americans watching Senator Obama's acceptance speech....a complete SEA of AMERICANS in high definition, the Republicans now get to go to their venue and try to make Barack look like some 'celebrity'. But this is not possible any longer. Their little crowds inside with TV cameras, will show so many of the differences between, not only the two conventions, but in depth, compassion, and make America actually see who the REAL 'ELITESTS' are!

And that crowd may even be smaller if they can't drag a bunch of their male delegates out of the men's room at the airport......imagine all that FOOT TAPPING..........

CONGRATULATIONS DEMOCRATS!!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08!!!!!!!