Thursday, August 23, 2007

Dean marks 1 year to go milestone

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DNC Chairman Howard Dean was in Denver today to rally the party one year before the 2008 Democratic Convention:

Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean led a lunchtime rally today at the site of the 2008 Democratic National Convention by touting recent Democratic victories in the Intermountain West and then quickly engaging the presidential primaries. Saying that “any Democrat is better than any Republican running,” Dean outlined what he called clear differences between the parties. Continue Reading...

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Denver quiet on fundraising

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Well we always knew fundraising for the convention would be difficult, so stories like this shouldn’t be surprising:

The host committee for the 2008 Democratic National Convention has stopped issuing updates on fundraising after falling short of its first benchmark, but organizers say they aren’t worried. The host committee has a goal of raising $40 million in cash and $15 million in in-kind contributions by June 2008. In late June 2007, the last time the committee issued an update, it reported about $6 million in cash, short of its $7.5 million benchmark for June 1. Continue Reading...

Friday, August 03, 2007

Tonight Show’s Mo Rocca previews convention prep

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This is just fantastic. Mo Rocca, who covered both conventions for the Tonight Show in 2004, filed a piece on Denver’s preparations for the 2008 National Convention. Rocca and Mayor Hickenlooper cutting paper to make confetti, Rocca and DNCC head Leah Daughtry blowing up balloons, and lot’s more. Two video’s below. The first, shorter, but with the highlights, and good quality. The second is the whole piece, including before and after with Leno, but the quality is not as good, and there’s laughter of the camera holder in the background.

I love at the end of the long video, when Leno says “look forward to your piece tomorrow on Minneapolis”, and Rocca corrects him, “No, St, Paul”. As the St. Paul Pioneer-Press wrote in July, 2006: Continue Reading...

Thursday, August 02, 2007

DNCC Announces Online Director

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Well, that job has been filled:

The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) today named Jason Rosenberg as Director of Online Communications for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. Continue Reading...