Well, if the events that transpired at our AZ State Convention are any indication:

[mrreowwr_kittty]

I don't think any rioting is going to take place in Denver!

Here's the deal. We elected our at large and PLEO delegates today. It took several rounds and we finally finished at about 9:30 PM. Basically, it was a big ballroom filled with hundreds of Clinton and Obama supporters. And guess what, Rush, we all got along beautifully and cooperated to get the voting done!

After the convention, all of us delegates (I'm pledged for Obama) held a meeting and approved, by proclamation, our committee chairs and pages. Then we proceeded to vote on the Delegation Chair. This might have presented a sticky wicket because Clinton won our state but our Gov (Janet Napolitano) is for Obama. There were rumors that there was going to be a showdown between Clinton and Obama delegates for the Chair spot. But Rush Limbaugh will be disappointed to learn that both sides struck a deal and we're going to have a co-chair arrangement between Jim Pederson (former AZ State Chair and Senate candidate) and Gov. Napolitano. Everyone was satisfied and the motion carried by unanimous proclamation.

Hillary and Barack supporters congratulated and high-fived each other and talked about how excited we are about Denver. Rush will be really pained to learn that some Hillary and Barack delegates decided, on the spot, to share hotel rooms!

Poor Rush. What if he plans a riot in Denver and no one shows up for it?

Maybe he'll have to plan an alternate riot in Minneapolis. :shrug:

[cliffordu]

1. Maybe the monkeys flying out of his butt will have a riot....

[mrreowwr_kittty]

4. I hear that Minneapolis has perfect monkeys flying out of butts rioting weather in the summer.

:evilgrin:

[mmonk]

18. .

:rofl:

[SunsetDreams]

2. It sounds like that went well

I'm happy to hear it. That's the way it should be, our real enemy is John McCain!

Thank you for all the hard work and time you put in today :)

[saracat]

3. Really? I was at the same convention and there were a lot of things that were

not quite so "happy. Whatever catburgler.Many are just attempting to get along but we are not yet singing "kumbayah" !

[mrreowwr_kittty]

5. I think some people are always looking for something to be bitter about. nt

[saracat]

6. I am not bitter.I just don't agree. and I don't like some of the really dirty tricks I saw.

Since when does a presidential campaign intervene in the election of a vice chair? The vice chair should represent ALL of the Arizona Democrats neutrally. And as some folks were leaving they stated that they were not as "kumbayah" as you would indicate. There is a lot of fence mending to be done before November.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

7. Uh, what? Put up some substantiation of that or go away.

The one candidate who was remotely a Clinton supporter (and she was vacillating like a ceiling fan about it) was eliminated fairly early. BTW, I voted for her in the first round because I thought she'd do the best job as Vice Chair. The other 3 were for Obama. So I'm not getting where you think the campaign "intervened", unless you're implying they somehow discouraged other candidates from running. Again, put up proof of that.

[saracat]

8. The Obama supporters "told me " about the conference call and they all had the Obama folks they were

"told " to vote for listed. I believe the folks in my district who "told "me. Harriet Young dropped out to "consolidate the O bama vote" as she said it. She tolds me so herself. I think this was dirty pool. I still think Vice chair should represent ALL factions. Whatever. it says a lot about the O campaign that they even cared about this position. I can't 'prove' the conference call to you but i suggest you ask the O supporters. they will tell you.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

9. What, like the Clinton campaign doesn't have conference calls?

Um, I had plenty of Clinton folks telling me who they wanted to win in the PLEO and at large delegate races. They didn't really have a dog in the Vice Chair race, or else I'm sure they'd have made their intentions known. It's a superdelegate, after all. Somehow, if the situation were reversed, and 3 out of the 4 candidates were solid Hillary supporters, I don't think you'd have a problem with her campaign weighing in on it.

[saracat]

10. Actually, I would but never mind..

[mrreowwr_kittty]

20. I don't believe you. nt

[Toucano]

15. Since when does a presidential campaign intervene?

Since forever.

It has been a long time since we've really had a "contest" for a nominee.

There is nothing untoward about either camp jockeying for best position. That's the nature of the contest.

[saracat]

19. Presidential Campaigns do not "intervene" in local election of Vice Chairs.

That is a State party position.It should be neutral. I was revolted by the lock step "brown shirt" behavior.

[cali]

11. Soujnds wonderful

thanks for the great report, cat.

Sorry some people are so terminally bitter and small that all they can do is try and shit stir.

Again, great report.

[Adelante]

12. Terrific

You mean we can get along? That's big news out of AZ. :thumbsup:

[pompano]

13. I am a tad off topic here but,

your post brings up a point worthy of mentioning, I think? Am I the only person that smells something just a little stagnant in the air with the tought processes of the Rush/Republicans?

They, in desperation have divised a new tactic, mindset, or philosophy on what is the only way they may get that sure win. They have no confidence in McCain whatsoever but, they are still preoccupied almost to an inasne level of winning an election? It's almost like why we elect McCain is an issue we'll figure out later, but right now "what" we elect is of most importance?

The proof is in the pudding. Look, at one time any Republican would say they could run against any Democrat on policy and win if they had a fair media to work with. Notice how this notion is thrown out the window these days because that strategy ran out of gas. It is no longer policies that give them the edge as they once believe but it has digressed to "hoping for riots" to get an edge..or Pastor-gate...stuff like that. Policy, and even Security to an extent, just doesn't work for them any longer. They know it and had to go to plan B.

It is as plain as the nose on my face to me?

Thats my opinion.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

21. All they have left are distractions and wedge issues. They got nothin' else. nt

[Toucano]

14. Wonderful report.

Thank you for sharing it.

[TragedyandHope]

16. McCain doesn't have a chance

against our pumped up and ready-to-rumble Democratic party!

[nichomachus]

17. Yes, but don't think

that the GOP won't have agents provacateurs in Denver -- Republican goons (pardon the redundancy) trying to stir things up and incite violence.

Remember the Brooks Brother Riots of 2000, where Tom Delay and Jim Baker bused in Repuboican operatives from all over the country to pose as Florida residents and riot outside the election office.



This will happen in Denver. The people who will be hollering the most and trying to whip people up will be Republican plants. I saw this in the anti-war movement in the '60s. We were always suspicious of the guys who were the most vocal about having to "show those fuckers what we can do."

[AZBlue]

22. Sounds great - thanks for the report!

Don't let the bitter ones get you down - from what I can tell, they never ever have anything to say unless it's a complaint.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

23. Ain't that the truth!

I don't care what we're voting on at the State meeting, there are always a few sour apples making noise about something.