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

Things are getting pretty exciting around here, as we prepare for the Texas Democratic convention. Lots of people are running for delegate, and many of them have compelling personal stories, and a lot of great experience working for the Obama campaign. It has been a lot of fun learning about my fellow candidates. The competition [...]

Tags: caucus, Clinton, convention, Democrat, Denver, election, Obama, primary, texas

It is all about accessibility after all. If you can’t, or don’t want to listen to the audio file I posted, asking for the support of SD14 Obama delegates, here is a transcript.
Hi, I’m Shelly Brisbin, and I want to be your delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Senator Obama’s campaign is about [...]

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

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

As you can read over there on the right, this is my podcast about my attempt to go to the National democratic Conventin as a delegate. Though I have a perfectly good podcast, it has come to my atention that not everyone digs politics. So I’ve segregated it into this show, where I’ll feel free [...]

Tags: Clinton, convention, democratic, Obama, politics, texas