Upcoming LFA & 21st CD Trainings

Published: Jul 30, 2004 12:19 PM

Latinos for America and 21st Century Democrats are offering the following campaign training sessions in the month of August:

August 7 - 8, 2004
Phoenix, AZ
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August 8, 2004
Tucson, AZ
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August 14, 2004
Albuquerque, NM
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August 21 -22, 2004
Austin, TX
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Thursday at the Democratic National Convention

Published: Jul 29, 2004 9:22 AM

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Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention

Published: Jul 28, 2004 12:12 PM

Volunteer Social with Governor Dean
Mass for Dean
Wednesday, July 28, 2004    12:00pm - 2:00pm
This is a free, informal event for Dean supporters—a chance to reunite with old friends, meet new ones, and see Governor Dean once again.
Hurricane O'Reilly's
150 Canal Street, Boston, MA
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Howard Dean at the Democratic National Convention

Published: Jul 27, 2004 10:01 PM

Governor Howard Dean, M.D. addressed the 2004 Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night. A transcript of his remarks follow.

I was hoping for a reception like this. I was just hoping that it would be on Thursday night, instead of on Tuesday night.

I may not be the nominee, but I can tell you this: For the next hundred days, I'll be doing everything I can to make sure that John Kerry and John Edwards take our country back for the people who built it. Because tonight, we're all here to represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party...

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Where would we be without Howard Dean?

Published: Jul 27, 2004 1:39 PM

Lindsay Lewis, Democracy for America's National Finance Director, sent this message today to DFA supporters.

Dear Friend,

Here in Boston, delegates, activists and supporters have been thanking Governor Dean for bringing passion back to our party. They are grateful that he helped us remember our fundamental values, taught us how to stand up for ourselves again, and put politics back in the hands of the people.

As he prepares to speak to the convention tonight, we have put up "the bat" to say thank you to Governor Howard Dean:
democracyforamerica.com/thankyouhoward

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Today at the Democratic National Convention

Published: Jul 27, 2004 9:17 AM

Standing Up to Take Back America
Campaign for America's Future
Tuesday, July 27, 2004    2:00 p.m.
Event with Governor Howard Dean.
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, MA
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Revolutionary Women's 2004 Boston Rally
Tuesday, July 27, 2004    2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Governor Howard Dean will be speaking along with several famous female progressive leaders.
Boston Conference and Exhibition Center
415 Summer St. Boston, MA

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Fortress Boston: The Happiest Place on Earth?

Published: Jul 27, 2004 8:56 AM

By Arianna Huffington

BOSTON — Forget Disneyland, for the next few days, Beantown is the happiest place on earth. Or at least the most civil.

The Kerry campaign has put the kibosh on Bush-bashing, preferring to make their candidate's positive vision for the country the overriding theme of the convention.

It's the Anger Management Platform—and a very sensible strategy...

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Vermont's lessons on gay marriage

Published: Jul 23, 2004 11:59 AM

By Howard Dean

Last week's Senate discussion about gay marriage was another attempt by the Republican Party to gain political points by appealing to our worst prejudices.

In the spring of 2000, Vermont became the first state to recognize same-sex partnerships and to make sure that every right outlined in Vermont's Constitution and laws applied equally to heterosexual and homosexual Vermonters. Every right but one. Gay and lesbian Vermonters do not have the right to call their unions marriage...

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Democratic National Convention Schedule

Published: Jul 22, 2004 7:05 PM

Governor Dean will be making several appearances during the Democratic National Convention in Boston. The following events are open to the public:

Wednesday, July 28, 2004         12:00pm - 2:00pm
Volunteer Social with Governor Dean
Mass for Dean
This is a free, informal event for Dean supporters—a chance to reunite with old friends, meet new ones, and see Governor Dean once again.
Hurricane O'Reilly's
150 Canal Street
Boston, MA
Please RSVP

Tuesday, July 27, 2004         2:00 p.m.
Standing Up to Take Back America
Campaign for America's Future
Event with Governor Howard Dean.
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA

Thursday, July 28, 2004         2:00 p.m.
Progressive Democrats of America Conference
Governor Howard Dean is scheduled to address the progressive Democratic caucus.
Roxbury Community College
Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center
1234 Columbus Avenue
Roxbury Crossing, MA

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Swimming Against the Current

Published: Jul 21, 2004 6:02 PM

By Arianna Huffington

Arnold Schwarzenegger's attack on the Democratic legislators as "girlie men" is a clear indication of his rising anger and frustration at the fact that Fabian Nunez, the 37-year-old Democratic leader of the Assembly, far from being what Arnold calls a "girlie man," has actually outsmarted the Terminator.

I talked to him this morning and it appears that he succeeded in restoring the worst cuts in Arnold's budget: he succeeded in restoring admissions to the thousands of high school students who would not have been able to attend UCs or CSUs if Arnold's budget had prevailed; he succeeded in restoring funding for the Healthy Families program for poor children; he succeeded in restoring in-home support services for people who are disabled; he succeeded in restoring funding for mothers who are moving from welfare to work; he succeeded in restoring funding for child care for many single working mothers. That must have been enough to give the Terminator a fit.

Arnold's governing has always been a masterfully produced masquerade, dependent on his abilities to seduce and charm and on the media's inability to move beyond being star struck and to scrutinize what he is actually doing.

It takes a lot of energy to swim against the prevailing current, so the vast majority of mainstream journalists head in the direction the assignment desk points them. That's why we see so many stories tracking the results of the latest polls. As a result, polling data become a self-fulfilling prophecy: reporters are often reluctant to take on politicians with robust job-approval ratings. We saw it in the heady early days leading up to the Iraq War, when the president's 77-percent rating acted like a flak jacket—a Kevlar statistic cloaking him in an aura of invincibility. And the same has been true of Arnold Schwarzenegger. But now, the mask is slipping, and it's the bully, not the seducer, speaking.

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