Road to Denver

Today’s show is a last-minute update. We’re on the home stretch of the campaign for national delegate. The state convention starts tomorrow, and that’s when my fellow delegates will choose their national representatives.
On this show we discuss:

Last weekend’s pre-caucus for Obama delegates
Campaigning via audio
Senate caucus elections
Choosing at-large delegates
Interest group caucuses on Friday
Getting disability representation on [...]

Tags: convention, delegate, democratic, disability, election, national delegate, Obama, politics, texas

With one week to go before the Texas State Democratic Convention in Austin, everyone who hopes to be a delegate to Denver is campaigning for support. And it looks as if there are a whole lot of us.
In this episode, I start with some catching up on events from the county convention, and the current [...]

Tags: Austin, caucus, Clinton, convention, delegate, democratic, national delegate, Obama, SD14, state, texas

I recorded this short show to let you all know that I’m getting ready for the county convention tomorrow. With any luck at all, I’ll be representing my precinct at the state convention.
Look for another episode over the weekend.
Thanks to Andy from The Andycast for a little user-generated music at the end.

Tags: Austin, Clinton, convention, democratic, Obama, politics, texas, Travis County

On March 18, Barrack Obama made a “major speech on race” in Philadelphia. Don’t you love those constructions? the speech became necessary after video of Obama’s long-time pastor, Jeremiah Wright, showed the pastor making incendiary comments about the US, and about specific issues like 9/1 and AIDS.
Interestingly, I haven’t seen the video. I [...]

As I wrote yesterday, I did become a delegate from my precinct for Barrack Obama. In this episode, I’ve got audio highlights from the caucus, plus a conversation with my husband Frank about his day as an election judge, and how I ended up as an Obama delegate.

Intro and outro music: “Vibrations”, by B-Sea [...]

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Well, here’s the first episode of the podcast. In it, I describe the way Texas Democratic primary and caucus system works to choose delegates for the national convention.

Intro and outro music: “Vibrations”, by B-Sea Surfers, “Rumble Groove”, George Fletcher’s Bourbon Renewal on the Podsafe Music Network.

Tags: Clinton, Democratic party, Obama, politics, primary, texas