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A No Joke Roundup

by: Dean Barker

Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 22:04:52 PM EDT
*  Live in Keene and environs?  Check out Mike Caulfield's new social networking cum blog cum Twitteresque virtual locality, Citizen Keene.

*  Kathy Sullivan and Peter Burling are running for two at-large DNC seats.  I can't imagine two people more committed to maintaining the tradition of the New Hampshire primary this side of Jim Splaine.

*  Dean Spiliotes argues that the way Obama can reach working class Democrats in the remaining primaries is to go more retail.  And it looks like that very phenomenon is playing out.

* Fergus & Co. would love for this one to be an April Fool's joke, but it's true. ActBlue rocks.

* The Monitor writeup of Spc. David Selmat's funeral yesterday contains this fascinating tidbit which explains his transition from the Army to the NH National Guard:

Stelmat enlisted in the Army in 2003 and was soon deployed to Afghanistan. He had hoped to become a medic but was instead an infantryman and, at times, conflicted.

"Deeply patriotic, even more deeply humanitarian, he made the fateful decision to lay down his arms in violation of an order to shoot into an area that he feared might have civilians," Bascom said. "He was stripped of his status and was sent home with a general discharge."

Stelmat returned to New Hampshire, enrolled at New Hampshire Technical Institute and pursued training as an emergency medical technician. He began lobbying to return to service with the National Guard.

 
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Give 'em hell, Kathy! (0.00 / 0)
Citizen Keene? THAT's why Caulfield's too busy for us?

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@DougLindner
Thanks, Dean and Douglas (4.00 / 1)




"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    
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You got my vote (0.00 / 0)
If elected at the State Convention do you take the job right then and there or is it after the DNC in Denver?
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After the national convention (0.00 / 0)
So Anita still will be the national committeewoman delegate from NH to the convention.

(the election is by the state committee, not the state convention)  



"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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Who makes up the state committee. (0.00 / 0)

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good question (0.00 / 0)
The county chairs, vice chairs, secretaries and treasurers, plus at large county representatives (they are all elected at the state convention); 20 members of the Democratic state house caucus; six members of the Democratic state senate caucus; the following elected officials if they are Democrats: governor, US senators, congressmen, executive councilors, and county officials; the NH speaker of the house and the NH senate president, if they are Demcorats, or, if not, the Democratic leaders; the state party officers; five people chosen by the chair; each of the incumbent Democratic governor, congressmen and senators have two appointments apiece; all former Democratic congressmen, senators, governors and executive councilors; and, former DNC members and state chair/vice chairs (although I think there is soemthing like a 20 year term on that); College Democrat and Young Democrat officers; and chairmen of the Bylaws Commitee and I think another committee.  I may have left some people out, but that pretty much covers it - oh, if there is no incumbent, then the most recent candidate for US senate, governor, each of the two congressional seats, and Executve council.  So, if you are interested, at the state convention, at the Hillsborough County caucus, run for a state committee spot.



"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    
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Well I will vote for you then I guess since I have a vote I suppose! (4.00 / 1)
On the exec board for NHCD, Membership Director.
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Excellent! Thanks! (0.00 / 0)




"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    
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Mr. Doyle miraculously comes to the realization that he is a member of the New Hampshire Democratic State Committee (0.00 / 0)
The fact that one could be a member and not know it is hilarious to me.

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Lol... (4.00 / 1)
I had no idea, I was never informed that I would be a member of the NH Democratic State Committee.

(prob should check with the rest of the exec board for CDNH lol)

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Don't forget to tell them to support Kathy! (0.00 / 0)


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