'This is your victory'

by: mariochampion

Wed Nov 05, 2008 at 10:00:16 AM CST

Hello, Chicago.

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.

It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.

We are, and always will be, the United States of America.

Election Day Polling Places in Texas

by: mariochampion

Tue Oct 21, 2008 at 08:57:17 AM CDT

A list with contact info for every county elections administrator:
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/county.shtml

Find my Texas Polling Place tool:
https://voterinfo.sos.state.tx.us/voterws/viw/faces/SearchSelectionPolling.jsp

Also check out:
vote411.org

In Austin and Travis County:
http://turntexasblue.com/electionday

In Houston and Harris County:
http://www.hcdp08.org/getinvolved/vote/

Pass this info along! Just click this link to send to a friend!

Fighting Dirty Tricks

by: mariochampion

Mon Oct 20, 2008 at 15:57:09 PM CDT

Dirty tricks designed to mislead Texas voters have been spreading across the state, and many Obama supporters are getting incorrect information about the voting process.

Bogus claims about voting machines are spreading via email chains -- and in one reported case, even broadcast on a Houston radio station -- that could have a huge impact on voter turn out on Election Day.

Here is the truth that every Texan should know: If you vote a straight Democratic Ticket you will cast your ballot for Barack.

http://tx.barackobama.com/Driv...

Gen. Colin Powell endorses Obama!

by: mariochampion

Sun Oct 19, 2008 at 11:10:22 AM CDT

While giving respect to McCain, Powell called out McCain's bad judgment in choosing Palin, "who is not qualified to be President," his bad judgement and erratic behaviour with a daily changing set of tactics on addressing the economic crisis, and more.

Powell also flat out said the "more right" response to the inaccurate 'Obama is a muslim' assertions, should be "does that matter? A 7yr old muslim american should be able to dream of being president."

Watch it, at MSNBC.com

Three ways to help Texas elect Obama

by: mariochampion

Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 10:08:52 AM CDT

Texas Will Elect Barack Obama!

15 Seats Left For Road Trip to Change!

It's not too late to join Texans for Obama on a Road Trip to Change! There are only 15 seats left on the two buses headed to New Mexico this weekend. Early voting starts this Saturday in New Mexico. Help get out the early vote for Obama and make a difference in this election! Join us!

Details:
Depart: Friday Oct. 17th, 7:00 p.m. from 1107 N I-35
Drive: Ride overnight to New Mexico.
Arrive: Arrive in New Mexico on Saturday morning.

Saturday/Sunday: Go door-to-door identifying and turning out voters for Barack Obama.

Free supporter housing and discount hotel rooms available.

Depart: Sunday, October 19th, 6 p.m. from Obama HQ in NM
Drive: Ride overnight back to Austin. Sleep the whole way home.
Arrive: Monday, October 20th, 7:00 a.m. at 1107 N I-35.

Join Us! Fill out this form at http://tinyurl.com/roadtriptochange, and an organizer will contact you to follow up.

Questions? Email roadtriptochange@gmail.com

Last Call For Change in Battleground States

Call For Change:
Where: 1107 N I-35
When: Daily. Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/call4change.

Call From Home! Can't make it to the office? Host a calling party in your home or at a local coffee shop. Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/call4change to Call for Change!

Generation Obama Happy Hour Tuesday!

Generation Obama Happy Hour With Paul Tewes
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Sky Lounge
Address:  416 Congress Ave, Austin TX
Admission: $20 General //  $10 Students
Join Us: RSVP Here

Texans for Obama: Fired Up, Ready to Go!

Austin: Urgent need for Volunteers tonight, or "We are the ones we have been waiting for"

by: mariochampion

Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 16:31:06 PM CDT

Time to walk the walk.

In today's very ambitious voter registration marathon being coordinated by the Travis County Democratic Party to help ALL democrats, from Obama to the Constable, there are some slots still unfilled.

There are some urgent needs in Oak Hill (far south Austin) as well as more widely spread need for late-night (11:45pm) runners to pick up packets, and help close down locations.

if you can help at all, please call 512-472-VOTE, or just come by the coordinated campaign office and make it more than a slogan.

"We are the ones we have been waiting for"

thanks
mario

PBS.org Poll: Is Palin Qualified?

by: mariochampion

Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 08:58:38 AM CDT

Here's the link:
http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

It's a fast thing you can do in two clicks - SECONDS! The Right is having people vote that Palin is qualified...LET'S TURN THIS AROUND!!!

PBS has a poll that asks: Is Sarah Palin qualified to be VP?  Let's turn this around. You don't have to give your name or email address in order to vote. It's very simple.

Here's the link:
http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html
Just click & vote... NOW

Williamson County Convention Party!

by: GoWilco

Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 11:21:15 AM CDT

When:  Thursday, August 28th, 6:30 pm (approx. 3 hours)
Where:  Williamson County Old Settler's Association Main Hall (off Highway 79, next to Dell Diamond in Round Rock)
What:   Unity and Motivation!

If you have any questions, or would like to volunteer to help out, please e-mail me at alice_c_ortiz@sbcglobal.net.

Space is limited to 375 people.

Turn Williamson County Blue

by: BlueWilco

Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 10:27:53 AM CDT

This past weekend the Williamson County Coordinated Campaign office opened its doors for a kick off party to turn Williamson County blue. Given the history of the county it may seem unbelievable to think that such a thing could happen, however it was clear from the large crowds on Saturday that Williamson County residences are ready for a change!

The coordinated office will be the home base for Jaime Lynn (for County Attorney), Diana Maldonado (for Texas House 52), Mark Thompson (for Texas Railroad Commissioner), Greg Windham (for County Commissioner, precinct 3), Brian Ruiz (for US House of Representatives, district 31), Mike Grimes (for County Commissioner, precinct 1), Woodie Jones (for Chief Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals), and James Dillon (for Texas house District 20).  

Our first big volunteering event will be tomorrow Saturday the 26th when we will be block walking targeted areas in the county to register voters. We'll meet up at 9:30 at the Williamson County Coordinating office located at 110 S. I-35 Round Rock, Texas 78681 for block walking information. For more detailed information please contact Branden Frame at bradenframe@gmail.com.

Come join the movement and help turn Williamson County Blue

AUSTIN: You're Invited - TCDP Office Opening Party

by: mariochampion

Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 11:43:46 AM CDT

The Travis County Democratic Party invites you to join your fellow activists as we open our new campaign headquarters for the 2008 TCDP Coordinated Campaign.  

We've secured the biggest campaign office in Travis County history, so come by and check it out!

WHAT:
2008 TCDP Coordinated Campaign Office Opening
Featuring Sen. Kirk Watson

WHEN:
5:00 - 7:00pm
Tuesday, June 17

WHERE:
TCDP Campaign HQ
1107 North I-35
Austin, TX
(in between 11th and 12th streets, next to CVS pharmacy)

HOW:
Click here to RSVP on Facebook

If we work hard and increase the Democratic margins in Travis County, we can help send Rick Noriega to the U.S. Senate!

ps. What is going on in your county? Post it here and i will front-page it. lets keep texas organized and energized, so we can Turn Texas Blue.

Edwards to endorse Obama!

by: mariochampion

Wed May 14, 2008 at 16:57:56 PM CDT

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Democratic presidential nominee John Edwards will endorse Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, according to Obama's campaign.
Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John Edwards in a CNN sponsored debate in South Carolina in January.

Edwards dropped out of the Democratic race in January 30 after poor showings in the early contests, in which he racked up just 26 delegates to the party's August nominating convention in Denver.

He told NBC last week that Obama, the Democratic front-runner, is the party's likely nominee. Both Obama and the his rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, had sought Edwards' blessing.

Obama takes superdelegate lead (?)

by: mariochampion

Fri May 09, 2008 at 09:05:21 AM CDT

And while every news and blog organization has slightly different metrics it seems, hopefully this news can serve to chip away at what must be the last tenacious restraints keeping the super-Ds from making their preferences public.

ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: For the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates, according to the ABC News delegate estimate.

Sen. Obama, D-Ill., picked up two superdelegates this morning giving him a new metric to tout in addition to his current commanding leads in pledged delegates, popular votes, states won, and money raised.

Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., switched his endorsement from Clinton to Obama and Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., endorsed Obama. DeFazio was previously uncommitted.

With these endorsements, Obama has the support of 267 superdelegates and Clinton has 265 superdelegates.

Read it all at ABCNews

URGENT: Make Calls for May 6th

by: mariochampion

Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:02:49 AM CDT

Make Calls to North Carolina and Indiana

Call for National Delegates for Obama fromTexas

by: mariochampion

Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 09:46:42 AM CDT

Whether you have built a site and/or plan an phone/email/snail mail campaign, if you post a diary with your campaign spiel, your Senate District, link to your site (if you have one), pictures, etc and 'tag' it 'nationaldelegate' (as one word) it will show up automatically from the new link above for in the big blue box.

All National Delegate diaries will also get front-paged. So, get to campaigning folks, and hope to see you in Austin June 5,6,7, and later on in Denver!

thanks
mario

Wanna Go to Denver? Here's a Roadmap!

by: mariochampion

Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 09:06:46 AM CDT

As delegate lists from the County and Senate Conventions make their way to the Texas Democratic Party, people are getting ready to compete to be the warm bodies in those highly coveted seats in Denver.

Here's the handy guide to everything you need to know.

Texas State Convention Elected Positions

by: mariochampion

Thu Mar 20, 2008 at 08:09:58 AM CDT

What can I run for?
At 3:00 pm on Friday, each Senate District Caucus meets at their posted location in the Convention Center.  All delegates are in attendance here, both Clinton and Obama.

At the Convention each Senate District Caucus elects one member to each standing committee and recommendations for Electors and SDEC. It is important to be organized as much as practical BEFORE this convention so that these committee spots are won by our qualified supporters.

(1) Credentials Committee
(2) Platform Committee
(3) Resolutions Committee
(4) Rules Committee
(5) Nominations Committee for SDEC officers and SDEC members recommended by Senatorial District Caucuses, and in presidential years, members of the Democratic National Committee and Presidential Electors
(6) Recommendation for SDEC Committeeman
(7) Recommendation for SDEC Committeewoman
(8) Nominations Committee for At-Large Delegates to the National Convention
(9) Recommendation for Presidential Elector(s) as allotted to those Caucuses under these Rules      This year every SD will make on recommendation, and the remaining three are recommended by the three largest districts:  SD 14, SD 23 and SD 13.
(10) Delegates and Alternates to the National Convention as allocated to them.

At this point, the Obama and Clinton delegates divide into their respective caucuses to elect their allocated delegates and alternates as determined by the March 4th Primary.

Here is a list of the Committees and a bit about what they do. If you are interested in serving on the temporary committees prior to the Convention, contact the State Party Chair at the Texas Democratic Party.

The duties of the Permanent Committees shall be as follows:
(1) The Permanent Credentials Committee shall make recommendations to the Convention as to the final resolution of all challenges regarding the credentials of Delegates to the State Convention.

Note:  The Party Chair will have appointed a Temporary Credentials Committee that will have met prior to the Convention, heard testimony and made most of the Credentials recommendations.   This committee serves as the final arbiter if there are still contests.

(2) The Nominations Committee shall nominate the officers of the SDEC and the SDEC members recommended by their respective Senatorial District Caucuses and, in presidential years, the DNC  Representatives.

Note:   This committee recommends the Officer slate:  Party Chair, Vice Chair, Vice Chair of Finance, Treasurer.   Each Senate District recommends a State Committeeman and State Committeewoman and the Committee  nominates those recommended people to be the Executive Committee.    Each Senate District will hold an election at their caucus for these two recommendations.    The committee will also recommend nominations for the Texas seats on the Democratic National Committee.  It nominates Presidential Electors (each Senate District makes recommendations for Elector).
In presidential years, the duties of the Nominations Committee for At-Large Delegates to the National Convention shall be those implied by its title or as assigned by the National Party Rules.

Note:  This committee will meet on Saturday to recommend the 67 At Large Delegates and 3 Add On Unpledged Delegates.   After the Senate districts have made their selections to this committee, there will be some Obama supporters and some Clinton supporters elected.  The presidential primary poll will have allocated the number of At Large and Pledged Party and Elected Official delegates for Obama and Clinton.   Traditionally, the Obama committee members will caucus to recommend the Obama delegates and the Clinton committee members will recommend the Clinton delegates.

(3) The Platform Committee shall write and recommend to the Convention a Party platform for the November General Election.
Note:  Traditionally the Chair appoints a broad based committee of interested individuals who meet in the weeks before the Convention to draft a Platform document.  This committee takes that draft, and reworks it and make final edits.

(4) The Resolutions Committee shall consider and recommend all resolutions submitted to the Convention, other than those within the proper jurisdiction of the Platform Committee.
Note:   There is a temporary resolutions committee appointed by the Chair that sifts through the thousands of resolutions, decides which ones are appropriate topics to be referred to the Platform Committee or the Rules Committee.    There are days of logistics work to organize these documents and the temporary committee does that work.

(5) The Rules Committee shall consider and recommend any proposed amendments to the permanent Party Rules and shall assist the Convention Chair and Parliamentarian, at their request, in interpreting the applicability of these Rules to questions of organization and procedure at the Convention.  

Obama foreign policy team in Sun City Saturday

by: dembones

Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 12:06:36 PM CST

This should be an excellent opportunity for those who have remained undecided about supporting Barack Obama for President to see the level of talent and discourse that a President Obama will use to address the urgent global issues facing us as a nation.

The members of the team and more details are across the jump.

Early Vote Locations in Texas

by: mariochampion

Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 13:04:39 PM CST

Pass this along, with 'Send as email' link at the bottom to share this with your fellow Obama supporters.

I Voted for Obama! (everyone sign on!)

by: mariochampion

Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 07:00:00 AM CST

Leave a comment with your city, (and/or Senate District if you know it) to show your support for Sen. Obama.

let's make this the biggest thread on the internets: feel free to hit the 'Send as email' link at the bottom to share this with your fellow Obama supporters.

Williamson County needs extra help!

by: narodsobe

Sun Feb 17, 2008 at 21:46:49 PM CST