Monthly Archives: May 2008

Democratic Convention Watch: Superdelegate endorsements for Friday 5/23

Friday, May 23, 2008

Superdelegate endorsements for Friday 5/23

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Obama leads in superdelegates today with 3 superdelegates to Clinton’s -1.
He has also added 2 Edwards pledged delegates from New Hampshire.

California Representative Dennis Cardoza has switched his endorsement from Clinton to Obama Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: McCain Ready For The “Old Soldiers Home”

Friday, May 23, 2008

McCain Ready For The “Old Soldiers Home”

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Thanks to Crooks & Liars for this 2000 McCain interview with Jim Lehrer

video Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Superdelegate endorsements for Thursday May 22nd

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Superdelegate endorsements for Thursday May 22nd

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Hillary Clinton gets the first endorsement today. She leads 1-0.

Guam Democratic Party Chair Pilar Lujan has endorsed Clinton Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Memorial Day Weekend Preview: 7 new superdelegates

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Memorial Day Weekend Preview: 7 new superdelegates

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As we head into the first big weekend of the summer, the contest for the Democratic nomination continues in all corners of the country. Obama will be in Florida, Puerto Rico, Connecticut and New Mexico. Clinton will be in South Dakota and Puerto Rico. And we have new superdelegates being named in 4 states, Alaska, Georgia, Wyoming and Hawaii:

  • Saturday, May 24, Alaska names its add-on, Georgia names two add-ons and Wyoming names one add-on. Obama won all three states.
  • Sunday. May 25, Hawaii Democrats hold their State Convention, followed by a meeting of the State Central Committee, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort in Waikiki, and name their add-on, and also select a new state party chair and vice-chair, both of whom immediately become superdelegates. Obama won the Hawaii Caucuses. Candidates for the Chair position are Annelle Amaral and Brian Schatz. Schatz is a former member of Obama’s campaign in Hawaii, and has been endorsed by Obama. Amaral is a Clinton supporter but has committed to voting for Obama at the convention. In addition, Obama has endorsed James Burns, former chief judge of the state Intermediate Court of Appeals, for the add-on position. Update: Obama supporters are also backing Maui teacher Kari Luna for vice chair.

We’ll have the add-on information here at DCW as soon as it’s available. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Winners of DNCC Write to Lead Contest Announced

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Winners of DNCC Write to Lead Contest Announced

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Congratulations to the winners!

Out of a sizeable pool of nearly 1,200 applicants, fifty-four middle and high school students from across Colorado were announced today as finalists in the “Write to Lead” youth essay contest. Finalists will serve as ambassadors to state and territorial delegations, while two PresidentialWinners – one middle and one high school student – will attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Superdelegate endorsements for Wednesday 5/21

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Superdelegate endorsements for Wednesday 5/21

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Obama leads today’s superdelegate endorsements with 2 to Clinton’s 1.

Ohio add-on superdelegate William Craig Bashein has endorsed Clinton Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: RBC Meeting is open to the public

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

RBC Meeting is open to the public

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The next big event is not the Puerto Rico Primary on June 1st. It’s a meeting of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee which will be held on Saturday, May 31st at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington DC. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: FL & MI By The Numbers

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

FL & MI By The Numbers

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There are all sorts of scenarios concerning Florida and Michigan. Some recently discussed scenarios include seating all MI/FL pledged delegates with 1/2 vote, (supers at 1/2 or full vote), and a proposal by Michigan Dems propose 69-59 split. We’ve taken five of the most likely and interesting ones and run the numbers.

The scenarios are: Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Denver gets a warmup with Libertarian Convention

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Denver gets a warmup with Libertarian Convention

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This week thousands tens of Libertarians are expected in Denver for the much awaited Libertarian National Convention. Names like Bob Barr and Mike Gravel will be at Denver’s Adam’s Mark Sheraton hotel from May 22nd-26th. Continue Reading...

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Democratic Convention Watch: Be a superdelegate sleuth

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Be a superdelegate sleuth

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MSNBC has released an interesting video of their superdelegate war room. You will especially notice their high-tech way of tracking superdelegate endorsements (which might explain things like this).

So we are asking the DCW community to take a look at the video. It gives intriguing brief glimpses of who MSNBC is counting. Pause it, zoom in on it, apply those video enhancement tools we see on all the TV shows, and let us know who MSNBC has on their list that we don’t! Continue Reading...

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