Saturday, March 22, 2008

DC add-on confusion

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Over a month ago we noted:

Which leads us to Mike Panetta, who is the elected U.S. Statehood Representative, or Shadow Representative, for the District of Columbia. He is not a normal superdelegate. However, the Call for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, section I(I), Footnote 5, states: Continue Reading...

Friday, March 21, 2008

Park Permit Lottery a success – Unless you’re Recreate 68

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The on-going saga of Denver’s park permit plan for the convention took a big step yesterday when the permits were decided on by a lottery. A previous attempt at the lottery on Tuesday was halted after a Recreate 68 member realized they weren’t on the list even though they had applied multiple times. Problem solved? Hardly! Recreate 68 didn’t get the permit they wanted for Civic Center Park.

“We’re having our protest at Civic Center,” said a livid Glenn Spagnuolo, a lead organizer for the group Re-create 68. “We’re not going to give up Civic Center park to the Democrats. . . . They are creating a very dangerous situation.” Continue Reading...

Friday, March 21, 2008

Convention preparations: On track, but fundraising lags

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Two different takes on the preparations for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. First, from the Roll Call, via the DNCC:

“‘The nuts and bolts, the logistics of the convention are the logistics, regardless of the nominee,’ said Leah Daughtry, chief executive officer for the Democratic National Convention. ‘On Aug. 25, we have to be ready. We don’t get another day. We’re planning to be ready in that hall when that gavel drops.’ Continue Reading...

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Denver to try Park Permit Lottery again today

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If you saw our story yesterday about the Park Permit Lottery Mess you may be interested to know they’re going to try again today

A lottery to determine which groups will receive permits to use Denver parks around the time of the Democratic National Convention in August is scheduled to take place Thursday. Continue Reading...

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Superdelegates who haven’t committed to a candidate

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Hyatt Regency named as official headquarters hotel for the 2008 Demcoratic Naitonal Convention

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This just in from the DNCC:

The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) today announced its selection of the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center as the official headquarters hotel for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, to be held August 25-28, 2008. In that capacity, the Hyatt Regency Denver will serve as the base of operations for the DNCC, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the presidential campaign. Continue Reading...