GREETINGS FELLOW DEMOCRATS!





Thank you...

...to everyone who has helped fold and label newsletters. It wouldn’t happen without you. 2000 copies will go in the mail. Four years ago we had 450. Hopefully they will be read. We may finish today so if you are planning on coming in on Wednesday to do newsletters call before you come. They will be in the mail on Wednesday or Thursday.





Executive meeting on Monday, June 23

Bryan Library Second Floor All meetings are open. This will be a working meeting to begin to Get Out the Vote—GOTV.





Democrat Night Out

Linda Coats is working on getting a Democrat Night Out at the Bomber baseball game. Watch this space for further details.





If you buy at Office Depot...

If you buy office supplies at Office Depot be sure to give them our phone number 979-779-5600. We will get a kickback from them. Every little bit helps.





Jennifer invited you to join the Facebook group "Brazos County Democratic Party".

Jennifer says, "Last night at the State Convention some of us discussed the fact that Brazos County Democrats do not have a Fecebook group. I've started one, please join if you'd like and pass along this invitation to others who might be interested.".

To see more details and confirm this group invitation, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=8380555&k=ZVC3P3V4WWWM5AEDXB2TUS

Everyone can join Facebook. To register, go to:
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=8380555&k=ZVC3P3V4WWWM5AEDXB2TUS&r

Thanks,
The Facebook Team





Fla. Sen. Nelson Pushes for Electoral Overhaul

Fresh off seeing his state once again enmeshed in political controversy, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson (D) introduced a package of bills Friday designed to overhaul the entire electoral system.

The centerpiece of Nelson's proposal (the full details are here) is a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college system and "provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States," as the text of Nelson's resolution states.

"It's time for Congress to really give Americans the power of one-person, one-vote, instead of the political machinery selecting candidates and electing our president," Nelson said in a statement.

With Florida having been penalized by Democrats for holding its primary too early, Nelson also reiterated his previous call for the abolishment of the current presidential primary system in favor of rotating regional primaries. Michigan Sen. Carl Levin (D), whose state was also punished by the Democratic Party, also supports that proposal. In addition, Nelson wants all voters to have the option to vote early and/or by absentee ballot, and for all voting machines to produce a "paper trail."

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2008/06/fla_sen_nelson_pushes_for_elec.html





JOSH BERTHUME :(VOLUNTARILY) MOVING TEXAS FORWARD

High emotions dominate and ultimately unify Democratic convention

Occasional contributor Josh Berthume is the editor in chief of The Texas Blue, an online e-zine for and about Texas Democrats. We asked him to share some observations about the record-setting Democratic state convention held in Austin last week.

The 2008 TDP State Convention was not what I expected. The possibility existed for a massive Jets vs. Sharks standoff, a large rumble between Obama supporters and Clinton supporters that could go on for days in contentious protracted parliamentary procedure. I halfway expected this kind of battle despite knowing what my own eyes have seen throughout the primary process here in Texas, that even though people are passionate about which candidate they would prefer to have as the next leader of the free world, Democrats generally pack it in and get along with other Democrats when the rubber meets the road.

Sure, there were some challenges to the state delegation. There were some county caucuses that ran late and had problems. The gigantic influx of new people was never going to be a totally smooth transition. However, if there were significantly weak points in the infrastructure of the Texas Democratic Party, this is where it all would have buckled. Instead, the infrastructure survived and was reinforced by all the new blood. The infrastructure and the staff of the TDP ably managed a presidential debate and a primary and caucus in short order, so although I expected there might be some struggles between the two presidential preference camps during the state convention, I expected the organization to be completely equipped to handle a huge legion of delegates. I knew we were in for something extraordinary when I asked the volunteers working the convention center about crowd size, and I was told that 15,000 chairs were out and they were almost positive that wouldn't be enough.





The wife U.S. Republican John McCain callously left behind

Now that Hillary Clinton has at last formally withdrawn from the race for the White House, the eyes of America and the world will focus on Barack Obama and his Republican rival Senator John McCain.

While Obama will surely press his credentials as the embodiment of the American dream – a handsome, charismatic young black man who was raised on food stamps by a single mother and who represents his country’s future – McCain will present himself as a selfless, principled war hero whose campaign represents not so much a battle for the presidency of the United States, but a crusade to rescue the nation’s tarnished reputation.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html





Brazos County Democratic Party
P.O. Box 4568
Bryan Texas 77805
979-779-5600 Fax 979-779-5601

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
Harry S. Truman, Democrat, President of the United States of America