Friday, April 20, 2007

Howard Dean’s Screamin’ Goodtime Jamboree

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An amusing look at Dean’s April 12th visit to Denver.

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Sunday, April 15, 2007

DNC and labor making progress

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Finally, some cooler heads may be prevailing in the disputes between labor and the organizers of the 2008 Democratic Convention:

Organizers of the Democratic National Convention made progress Thursday in resolving labor disputes that threatened to overshadow the event. Continue Reading...

Friday, April 13, 2007

DNCC vs Host Committee

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Dan Slater explains the difference:

Right now, there are two separate organizations who are charged with running the Convention planning effort. The first is the Denver 2008 Host Committee, which most of you have heard about. Denver 2008 is locally-run, and is the group that formed the convention bid and are now working to raise the money and volunteers to support that bid. Right now, anybody locally who is working on the Convention is probably working with this group. However, there is a separate organization, known as the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC), which is the arm of the DNC charged with running the Convention for the DNC. The DNCC is the group that gets the FEC grant to run the Convention, and in the end, the DNCC will be spending most of the money raised by the Denver 2008 Host Committee. Continue Reading...

DNC Chairman Howard Dean has announced the six members of the senior leadership team for the 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC):

Leah Daughtry, CEO
Peggy Cusack, Chief of Staff
Susana Carbajal, General Counsel
Jenni Engebretsen, Deputy CEO for Public Affairs
Sky Gallegos, Deputy CEO for Intergovernmental Relations
Cameron Moody, Deputy CEO for Operations
Jim McMullen, Deputy CEO for Administration and Finance Continue Reading...

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Official Convention Web Site

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The DNCC (Democratic National Convention Commitee) finally has the official convention web site up and running:

Today, the Democratic National Convention Committee unveiled its website for the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver: www.demconvention.com. The website provides up-to-date information on the convention, which will be held from August 25-28, 2008. The 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver will help put the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee on the path to victory for the November 2008 election. Continue Reading...

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Convention Jobs

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Interested in a job at the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver?

If you’d like to work for the Democratic National Convention Committee, you can email your resume to staffing@demconvention.com. While we’re not hiring right now, we’ll keep your resume on hand for when we are. Continue Reading...

Monday, April 09, 2007

Dean: Denver “a little risky”

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Democratic chairman Howard Dean:

“Denver is a little risky. But if you don’t take risks, you don’t win.” Continue Reading...

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Dean’s visit to Denver

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Lot’s of news about DNC Chairman Howard Dean’s visit to Denver on April 12. Dean was supposed to meet with AFL-CIO President John Sweeney to discuss the convention labor situation, but scheduling issues are causing problems:

A labor showdown over the 2008 Democratic National Convention to be held in Denver might have to wait a bit. A possible meeting next week to address a rift between labor leaders and the Democratic National Committee remained up in the air Tuesday because of scheduling challenges. Continue Reading...

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Hoffa: Labor issue could “blow up”

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In another sign that Denver’s potential labor issues are not getting closer to being resolved, Teamsters union leader James Hoffa Jr. said to Colorado Governor Bill Ritter that if key labor issues for the 2008 Democratic Convention aren’t worked out, “it could blow up“:

Teamsters union leader James Hoffa Jr. joined the debate over Denver’s selection as host for the Democratic National Convention by confronting Gov. Bill Ritter at a Washington dinner and promising the issue could “blow up” next summer if Colorado doesn’t become more labor-friendly. Continue Reading...