Where and when: The Nite Lite Lounge 31 Central St Milford, MA 01757 Saturday, 2/11, 4-7 PM Many towns are holding their caucuses this Saturday, so the Greater Blackstone Valley Dems got together to organize a soiree for the early … [Read more...]
New Machine, Meet Old Machine
Understanding the history of Dem politics can give insight on how to best develop and use tools because some things never change. As Kate Donaghue fervently points out, the really important stuff is local and person to person. … [Read more...]
Caucuses to select delegates to the Democratic National Convention to be held on April 5th
The information for the 7th Congressional District [also known as "Congressman Markey's District"] is as follows: The caucus' to select delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver will take place on Saturday April 5 at 1:00 … [Read more...]
How caucuses will work in Nevada (as far as anyone can tell)
A quick read of the Official Rules (source: PDF) tells us much information. Differences with Iowa are underlined: As in Iowa, caucusgoers must be physically present at a given time and place, though in this case the caucuses are held … [Read more...]
Caucus reports?
Anything interesting happen at your caucus? New faces, old places?Down in my neck of the woods, we barely filled our allotment of delegates, once again mulled how swell it would be if the state party had an event (say, a convention) … [Read more...]
A double-dog dare:
For all the giddy Deval Patrick enthusiasts out there, here's a press clipping to pin on the locker room bulletin board, as it were:Reilly supporters say the results were not surprising. The caucuses tend to attract more liberal activists, … [Read more...]
Patrick sweeps caucuses; Reilly says “What base?”
You saw the reports last night here; Boston Globe reports today that Deval Patrick takes two-thirds of the delegates to the convention in June.What the heck is going on here? You have Tom Reilly, respected (at least until recently) public … [Read more...]
Caucus OPEN THREAD
Tell us where you are and what you're seeing!UPDATE (11:30 pm): WOW!!! You guys are amazing. To my knowledge, this thread is the single best collection of publicly available information on the caucuses right now. There are … [Read more...]
Sam Kelley doesn’t shrink from the challenge
It's clear that Dr. Kelley's strongest issue is health care: "I ran for Lieutenant Governor because I saw our health care system fall apart. The middle class is losing its safety net for health care." As LG, Dr. Kelley sees himself as a … [Read more...]