Many of you might have heard about American Border Patrol Generalissimo Glenn Spencer’s threatened lawsuit against Democratic Party executive director Luis Heredia. He’s alleging defamation on the shaky legal theory that calling an anti-semite an anti-semite is out of bounds. But one thing particularly offends me. This from Stephen Lemons’s Feathered Bastard column: Interestingly, Munger did [...]
Friday, September 9, 2011
Jeff Flake’s quick response to last night’s speech: I feel like I’ve just had a trip to the principal’s office… State Democratic Chair Andrei Cherny’s response to Flake: Maybe Congress should stop acting like children. Cherny had an op-ed in yesterday’s Washington Post calling on Barack Obama to learn a few more lessons from Franklin [...]
I want to thank everyone that attended for making sure that yesterday’s meeting went relatively smoothly. It turns out that Jeff Latas and temporary chair Fred DuVal worked out the terms of much of the procedural debate before the meeting. I was one of many who saw their conversation at a distance and it looked [...]
Saturday, January 22, 2011
19:27 Oh, sorry. I’m signing off. 18:28 Maguire elected by acclamation. 18:27 Rick Maguire is nominated for yet another term as treasurer. He’s been treasurer since Mark Fleischer was chair. He’s done a good job in a thankless position. 18:26 Thomas wins, 240 – 171. She is a favorite for members of the progressive caucus. [...]
Years ago, I was the regional director for the Mountain States for the Young Democrats of America. One day I open up my e-mail to find that the leaders of the Oklahoma chapter decided, in a fit of pique against their own regional director, to mess with me. It kinda ticked me off. I kept [...]
I just heard that former nominee for Treasurer Andrei Cherny has thrown in for Chairman of the State Democratic Party.
Friday, December 31, 2010
I’ve been hearing a lot of grousing from folks up in Phoenix about Rodney Glassman running for Democratic party chairman. The grousing is not so much from state committee members who actually have a vote on this thing, but fundraisers, elected officials and others who form the establishment penumbra around the state committee and its [...]
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Just to keep it brief, two items from the State Democratic Party meeting in Phoenix: – Felecia Rotellini spoke before the Latino Caucus and pledged to keep a watchful eye on Tom Horne and said that she’d be maintaining her website (possibly renaming it) to let people know what is going on with Horne’s office. [...]
Friday, November 19, 2010
Is Don Bivens running for re-election for Democratic Party chair? He’s been a bit vague about it, saying he’d run if people want him to. When he was first elected, it was seen as Terry Goddard’s assertion of authority over the party in preparation for his run for governor. With Goddard not being elected and [...]
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
This from Bob Lord’s open letter to Democratic activists, published here last year when he decided not to run for party chair: I’m virtually certain John Shadegg will not seek re-election in 2010. As he made clear during the 2008 campaign, his heart just isn’t in the job anymore. His decision to reverse his retirement [...]
