Saintless

Man, this campaigning thing can kill a person! My feet already ached from last night’s Spaghetti Dinner, and I’m just too vain to dress down.

This is my first blog at my new home, here on WordPress. It doesn’t look so great, yet. But, all my old posts are here, along with comments. I do need to consolidate my tags, as Jeff pointed out when I showed him.

The Salt Lake County Democrat’s Spaghetti Dinner went very well! I couldn’t believe how many people were there. Some had to eat standing up, so I guess next year it’ll be moving to a larger facility. All my photos of the dinner were crappy, so I won’t bother posting them.

Today was the Convention, which was absolutely packed. And with the number of people running for National Delegate, I’m surprised there was room for anyone else. Just in my district, Congressional District 2, there are 24 women running for 2 female Obama delegate positions. It looks like Josie Valdez has a very strong campaign going, and because she’s well known, probably has a lot of support. Julie Day had her entire family there passing out flyers, so she might be in the running.

It’s difficult to campaign against people who are not only my friends, but who have also put a lot of effort into the Obama campaign. Janet Hurley and Gail Turpin are also competing for those 2 spots, and I definitely feel a loyalty to them because of their friendship and hard work.

Since Kelly Ann Booth is no longer in the race, Brian King is the nominee for my District (28). I think he’ll do a really good job as our Legislator, and I plan to help him in the General Election as much as possible. I had lunch with him a few weeks ago, and was impressed with not only his goals, but his attitude about working with the R’s once he’s elected. Although, his web site needs some work. It’s next to impossible to find via Google. I’ll have to offer some suggestions to Chris about getting better search results.

I’m fairly certain that Luz Robles won the nomination, replacing incumbent Fred Fife. I didn’t stay long enough to confirm it for myself, but she had tons of support, and I’m really excited for her. She’ll do good things, if she wins the General election.

Most of my time today was spent passing out these flyers:

I got to talk to a lot of people, and I really enjoyed it. I really suck at remembering people’s names, so I had a few awkward moments. But, I think I still connected with a lot of people.

I only made it to 4 of the caucuses. First was the Stonewall Democrats. I totally lost it at the end, mumbling something about that being all, and I tried to crawl in a hole as I shuffled out of the room. I get so nervous speaking to crowds, and so I hope they’ll forgive my inexperience at it. I’m better than I used to be, and the next three went more smoothly. After leaving the Stonewall Democrats, I headed next door to the Health Care Caucus. I guess things had been getting pretty heated, and someone later told me I’d saved the day when I spoke up. I went with my message about how Barack listens to people at the grassroots level, and encouraged them to submit their ideas through Obama’s MyPolicy page. I followed that theme through the Environmental Caucus and the Progressive Caucus, because I think that the people at these caucuses are likely to have some really great ideas, and if they present a unique and beneficial idea that gets used, that benefits everyone. And so few people know about MyPolicy. I threw in a little plug about myself at the end of addressing them, since that was supposed to be why I was there in the first place. At the Environmental caucus, I got an extra plug after I was finished by Bill Keshlear, which made me both feel really good and really embarrassed. As much as the point was supposed to be promoting myself, I still get embarrassed about it.

Also interesting was meeting Mark Towner. I couldn’t hit him up for a vote, unless I don’t make CD 2, and go for the At-Large spot. But, I did have a brief conversation, and I’m pretty sure that he’s sincere in his desire to work with the Democrats.

Nikki Norton took some video of me, so I can make a “campaign video”. I just got that from her, so I need to see about editing it and putting something fun and cool together.

After that, I have the task of finalizing my letter to the delegates, as well as calling as many as possible. I wish I’d have written down the people who said they were supporting me, so I could follow up to confirm. Ah, well. You live, you learn. Right?

Tags: National Delegate

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