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Democratic Party

Chairmanship of Democratic Party of NH: the insiders in and the outsiders out

by: BettyHall

Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 09:36:02 AM EDT

(I am promoting both this diary and Ray Buckley's diary to the front page. We don't all get to vote, but we all get to be heard. I'm happy that both parties have chosen to make their cases here. - promoted by Mike)

Dear State Committee friends:

This past week, I was asked by a dear friend on this committee to withdraw in favor of Mr. Buckley, for the sake of Party unity. After some soul searching, I decided I could not. Here's why.

At the Party's convention last year, I offered a resolution condemning the tragic war in Iraq; it was rejected by the Resolutions Committee, along with twelve other resolutions proposed by our grassroots members. If you remember, I seized the podium. That resolution was passed unanimously. The other twelve passed virtually unanimously. The grassroots spoke loudly. 

Did we learn anything from this?

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