GREETINGS FELLOW DEMOCRATS!





Holiday Greetings!

When you are making out your Christmas/Holiday card list this year, please include the following:

A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001





This is interesting

Not content to take it easy the weekend before Thanksgiving, politicians provided us with all sorts of news. Prime among them and today's first story: Rick Noriega has drawn a primary challenger in Ray McMurrey, a high school government teacher from the Corpus Christi area.

McMurrey will make his official announcement on Tuesday, which will also officially signal the end of Noriega's time as the lone candidate in the race. I suspect that Noriega's campaign will keep its focus on Cornyn, and not just because of the following quote:

Noriega's campaign said McMurrey's entry into the race is a sign that people are frustrated with the status quo on issues such as the progress on the war in Iraq, education and health care.

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"It's everyone's right to express their political opinions," said campaign consultant James Aldrete. "I have no idea of his message but there is a lot of frustration that the country is off track. Our focus is definitely on Cornyn and on ways to get the country back on track."





We're excited to announce that Netroots Nation is coming to Texas in 2008!

Founded in 2006 as Yearly Kos, this annual convention originated with bloggers who are active on the progressive website Daily Kos. This year's event in Chicago was attended by more than 1,000 progressive activists and was considered so important that seven of the Democratic presidential candidates were there.

If you followed our steering committee's exploits in Chicago, you'll know why Democracy for Texas is thrilled to have played a major role in bringing Netroots Nation to the Lone Star State.

The 2008 event will be in Austin July 17-20. Those of you attending will network, participate in workshops, hear great speakers, and get grassroots training from our friends at Democracy for America.

It may seem too soon to think about planning next year's summer vacation, but we encourage you take advantage of the special early bird registration fee that expires November 30. And while you're registering, volunteer to help out!

Your DFT Steering Committee -

Erik Azulay, Glen Maxey, Mark McCulloch,
Karl-Thomas Musselman, and Fran Vincent





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Bryan Texas 77805
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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