Former Advisor to Bill Clinton says "It's Over"

by: vitaminBB

Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 22:08:31 PM CDT

The real message of Tuesday's primaries is not that Hillary won. It's that she didn't win by enough.  
The race is over.
The results are already clear. Obama will go to the Democratic Convention with a lead of between 100 and 200 elected delegates. The remaining question is: What will the superdelegates do then? But is that really a question? Will the leaders of the Democratic Party be complicit in its destruction? Will they really kindle a civil war by denying the nomination to the man who won the most elected delegates? No way. They well understand that to do so would be to throw away the party's chances of victory and to stigmatize it among African-Americans and young people for the rest of their lives. The Democratic Party took 20 years to recover from the traumas of 1968 and it is not about to trigger a similar bloodletting this year.<blockquote>

If you want to Caucus, but have to work...

by: vitaminBB

Tue Feb 26, 2008 at 16:52:45 PM CST

You have a right to take part in the precinct convention of your party if you voted in the 2008 primary for that same party.  Your work schedule cannot interfere with that right.  Here's what the Texas Election Code says: http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/st...

§ 161.007.  UNLAWFULLY PROHIBITING EMPLOYEE FROM ATTENDING POLITICAL CONVENTION.
(a)  A person commits an offense if, with respect to another over whom the person has authority in the scope of employment, the person knowingly:

        (1)  refuses to permit the other person to be absent from work for the purpose of attending a precinct convention in which the other person is eligible to participate or attending a county, district, or state convention to which the other person is a delegate;  or
        (2)  subjects or threatens to subject the other person to a penalty for the purpose of preventing or retaliating for the other person's attendance at a precinct convention in which the other person is eligible to participate or for the other person's attendance at a county, district, or state convention to which the other person is a delegate.

(b)  In this section, "penalty" means a loss or reduction of wages or other benefit of employment other than a deduction for the actual time of absence from work.

(c)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

Caucus Training from the Democratic Party

by: vitaminBB

Thu Feb 21, 2008 at 19:58:37 PM CST

There is another session:
Saturday, February 23
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Austin City Council Chambers
301 W. 2nd street.

Houston Chronicle Endorses Obama!

by: vitaminBB

Sat Feb 16, 2008 at 10:20:43 AM CST

The presidency of the United States is a powerful bully pulpit. The occupant of the White House must not only issue orders, but also inspire and advocate for all Americans.

Of the two finalists for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Chronicle believes Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is best-qualified by life experience, skill and temperament to be the standard bearer for his party. In a conference call, Obama told the Chronicle editorial board that "more than any other candidate, I can bridge some of the partisan as well as racial and religious divides that have developed in this country that prevent us from getting things done."