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Although my residency in the good state of Oregon means my vote late in the primary season is near worthless, I have tried over this last year to keep up on the Democratic candidates for President. Because of this desire- I am subscribed to both feeds and email list serves of all of the [...]

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Alright I’ve made it in. I’d estimate there is 2000 in here so far. There’s at least 500 waiting to buy a ticket outside, and another 1000 who have bought tickets just waiting to get in the door… Not bad for not publicizing the event too much. Also not bad considering there is a sold [...]

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Standing in line at the convention center. Over a thousand still
waiting in line outside even ten minutes after the event was supposed
to start.
The event sold out a day or two ago so the organizers booked a larger
room and reopened ticket sales.
It will be interesting to hear him speak in front of several thousand
and compare that [...]

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From The Washington Monthly, Theodore C. Sorensen, JFK’s special assistant and famous speech writer, was asked to pen his ‘dream speech’ for the Democrat nominee of 2008. Read the entire speech here- Its great!
Let us all, here assembled in this hall, or watching at home, constitute ourselves, rededicate ourselves, as soldiers in a new [...]

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John Edwards

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John Edwards was in town today. First at the local International Longshoreman’s Union for a townhall style meeting.
Later on he joined a rally in the South Park Blocks for a Moveon.org rally.
Click on the photo for some more shots.
Later I’ll have some thoughts about both speeches and his role in the [...]

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…fortunately, it is not that time yet. As many of you know Hillary Clinton entered into the Democratic Nominee for President race today. She’s not my favorite candidate, and frankly, my favorite candidate has not said if he will run for President yet (I’m crossing my fingers though.)
We’ve got a year before the primaries [...]

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