This was my first Texas Democratic Party State Convention since I started blogging over a year ago. I wasn’t sure what to expect but knew it would be a different world. I was ready to go with a netbook and a convention center covered with wifi access. I had my blog, Twitter, and Facebook accounts at the ready for posting the latest information. What I found at the convention was even better than I expected. I wasn’t the only one. In fact, the convention had a new army of people just like me hitting the convention – the New Media folks. Read more…
At this year’s Texas Democratic Party State Convention the only excitement should have been Mayor Bill White’s keynote address and the election of the party chair. That’s the way it’s been every non-presidential year for several decades. That was until 2008 when Texas was thrust into the presidential nomination spotlight with it’s hybrid delegate selection process known as a prima-caucus or the Texas Two-step as everyone likes to call it. After all the excitement and confusion of that year a move began by some to work to abolish the caucuses as a part of delegate allocation, using only the popular vote in the primary as the source of allocation. On Saturday Texas Democrats settled the argument, at least for two years, by rejecting that position and retaining the Two-step. Read more…
Looking back on the Texas Democratic Party’s State Convention it turned out to be a pretty decent convention, even with the battle over the Two-Step. The mood of Democrats at the convention was optimistic with Mayor Bill White and buoyed by the recent PPP poll showing the governor’s race in a dead heat at 43% a piece. The highlight had to be how the party has embraced the new media folks at the convention. In fact, the party to be at turned out to be the Bloggers Party that went on until 2 a.m. But there are also some subtle things I saw and didn’t see at the convention. Read more…
All the issue caucuses have been held and the Senatorial District delegations have supposedly seated their committee members and elected their SDEC members. Bill White has spoken to the convention and gave a good rousing speech outlining some of his positions in preparation for the campaign season. Now all that’s left for Friday are the various parties. All in all it was a pretty decent start to the Texas Democratic Party’s biennial convention. But tomorrow may get interesting regarding the rules of the party. Read more…
Today is the beginning of the biennial convention for Texas Democrats. We’re all gathered here in Corpus Christi for what should be a less contentious convention compared with the one two years ago in Austin. That year Obama and Clinton were battling for the treasure trove of delegates sent from Texas to the national convention. As many of you know Clinton won the primary in Texas but ended up with less delegates than Obama thanks to Texas’ bizarre prima-caucus process. This year probably the biggest discussion expected at the convention will be over immigration reform. Read more…
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