Everyone ready to dance?

[Lithos]

Course I'm talking the Texas Two Step. I assume by now everyone has their dancing partner already picked out. I wish everyone a great time. Please check in when you can and share your stories. Love to know how turnout was, issues you encountered, fun things, etc.

I am so ready for this.

Good luck!

:grouphug:

Lithos

[Vincardog]

1. In Denton county early voting was up 1000% They are expecting 12000 average voters at every Democrat

polling place. It will be great.

[Lithos]

2. Awesome!

Simply awesome!

Thanks for sharing!

[movie_girl99]

35. holy crap!! i'm in Denton Co.

this is going to be so cool.

[crispini]

3. I'm fucking terrified.

:scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared:

[Lithos]

4. Yeah, it will be intense

But you can only do what you can do and I think the energy of the day will keep you going. I know many people who are probably going to crash hard come Wednesday morning.

You did take off Wednesday?

[crispini]

5. God yes. I'm off all week.

Thursday I'm going to VEGAS, baby! :woohoo:

[Lithos]

6. Very nice!

Now that's great planning!

L-

[sonias]

14. You buckle up that spine soldier.

You are prepared, you are the best, you will perform you duty to the best of your ability!

And damn it, make it fun! We're the party, that knows how to "party".

If our waiting time is too long, we're going to try entertaining things. We'll have a projector and we may show movies.

:party:


Sonia

[CoolOnion]

17. Me, too.

I emailed the party asking for Ken Molberg's "script," and they directed me to the same tired old stuff at the TDP website that I've been looking at for weeks already.

What I wanted was the relaxed banter stuff! Oh, well...my spouse went over the math with me, and he'll be doing the calculating at my convention, anyway. We went through my notes when I got home Saturday, and had a little "run-through." I'm still nervous, though, not knowing how many people will show up, and wondering if it'll be in any way contentious.

[crispini]

20. I'll give you mine if you want it.

I just redid it as an accompaniment to the minutes. It runs four pages. Gulp.

[CoolOnion]

29. That would be great, thanks.

I also came up with these opening remarks:
"The media has told you this is a confusing process, but it isn't. We've been doing it this way for 30 years. It's just that no one's ever paid attention to Texas Democrats before. We will be following a step-by-step process provided by the Texas Democratic Party, and presidential candidates will be allocated delegates using a simple mathematical formula. At the end of the evening, you'll be given a chance to vote on any resolutions you'd like the party to adopt. As I said before, this caucus process was adopted 30 years ago to give us--the grassroots activists--a chance to be involved in the process, instead of allowing all decisions to be made by a handful of party officials. So let's get started..."

[crispini]

30. I like that!

I may include it!

PM me your email addy and I'll send it along. :hi:

[Subdivisions]

24. I'm a little nervous too! I'm anxious to see the turnout

in my precinct here in redneck-ville Cleburne.

[NoPasaran]

7. I'm looking to Tuesday with a mixture of dread and more dread

I think both national campaigns have done a great job of sowing hysteria and paranoia and neither of them will give a rat's ass about Texas once this is over. I just hope that the predictions of chaos will turn out to be exaggerated, but to tell the truth I am not optimistic.

[Lithos]

8. Well..

How many of them have looked to Iowa or New Hampshire recently? ;) It's not a problem unique to Texas.

I'm more local in my thinking. I feel we do have a strong potential to reclaim one of the State Legislative Houses, one or two more US Rep's, the US Senate race as well as make put the GOP on the defensive here. All good for us as citizens of the State of Texas.

L-

[NoPasaran]

10. Well, Iowa and New Hampshire are used to this circus

We;ve been starved for years. We could use a healthy meal, but these last few weeks have been like gobbling down a million calories at one sitting. I hope we don't explode.

[Lithos]

11. One wafer thin mint?

I'm hoping that next election we'll move up to at least Super Tuesday or perhaps something totally unexpected may happen and they reorganize the whole primary schedule to be a bit more sane.

L-

[thevoiceofreason]

9. I'm running my precinct convention then gettin' drunk.

[Lithos]

12. I can understand that.

Gonna be watching TV and surfing the Inner Tubes until I see what's happening. Not gonna wait up for the pundits as they are gonna be spinning for awhile.

L-

[NoPasaran]

13. There's a man with a plan!

I hope that the delegate selection bloodbath saps everyone's energy so we can breeze through the resolutions. I hear there are fifty of them in the packet. :scared:

[sonias]

15. Here is my suggestion

This is what we did last year and we fully intend to do the same this year. All the resolutions are placed at a central location and while everyone waits for sign-ins or even for the convention to officially open (since some people bring some that aren't in the official packet). Everyone is welcome to read them in advance and we announce that we will be voting for the resolutions en masse, and we fully intend to pass them all in one fell swoop. Unless anyone has any objections. People work really hard on these resolutions and being the liberal/progressive oasis that we are -we're pretty much going to pass everything. If someone objects to any resolution, that one will be voted on individually. But the person that objects on that resolution will make their case as to why that resolution should not be passed. It's much easier to get something passed in our PCT than killed. We do have volunteers who review the stack to make sure we have no duplicates or that if we have similar ones that we vote on them separately. It goes pretty fast this way.

Let the Senate District Resolutions Committee that has a stronger vested interest in the process pare them down.

Sonia

[crispini]

16. That is nothing short of brilliant.

I'm doing that.

[thevoiceofreason]

26. I am tempted to discard the resolutions in the packet

West Houston, not a hotbed of resolution types.

[crispini]

27. They didn't give us any.

I'm bringing a few. :D

[CoolOnion]

19. Great idea, Sonias! Thanks.

[CoolOnion]

18. Remember to turn in your stuff via phone first!

Your packet will have an 800-number to call in your results. Then we can get drunk!

[WolverineDG]

22. I think it would be fun to drunk dial the state party

and mess with their heads. :evilgrin:

dg

[CoolOnion]

28. lol!

:toast:

[Melissa G]

21. My non-political spouse is even showing up to caucus. He's 52

and I think it is is his first caucus. My 15 year old elder daughter has already gone to about 3 precinct conventions plus a county and state convention. We are raising her right!

[Subdivisions]

23. Just got back from the Cleburne Obama HQ with calling list

and have already made 25 calls. Taking a short break. Anyone near or in Cleburne? We could use some help!!!

[Ilsa]

25. I change my mind every day or two about the presidential race.

We've had alot of Clinton supporters here in town, and lots of phone calls, even if most were robo-calls.

Best wishes to everyone's candidates!

[texastoast]

31. Just lost my bilingual clerk

She got food poisoning and was SO excited to be participating. She's crushed. Gotta try to find another one. Crap!

[sonias]

32. Oh my

I can see where she might not be able to work all day, but maybe she'll feel better by the evening. Those food bugs are usually only 24 hours. Tell her to drink lots of water.

Hope she feels better soon.

Sonia

[texastoast]

33. Just did get another one!

Maybe I'll get some sleep tonight after all. :7

:boring:

[TEXASYANKEE]

34. I voted at 7:30AM today.

I live in Rowlett (small suburb of Dallas). The line for Dems was about 20 deep (and Obama supporters had established a "cheer booth" outside, the only supporters in sight), and the line for Repubs was ... well, I swear I heard crickets chirping in the Repub line.

I plan to return at 7:15 for my first-ever caucus. This is an exciting day, indeed!

[fudge stripe cookays]

37. Dammit!

Wish you'd come around sooner! reprehensor and I just sold our house in Rowlett and moved to Wisconsin. You could have come to the Halloween parties!

I used to vote at Cullins Lakepointe. What's the scene like 'round those parts tonight? I'm so floored watching all this on TV and seeing miracles finally happen! Wish I could be there with ya'll.

:hi:

[last_texas_dem]

36. I only did the "one-step" but I hope y'all have some fun experiences!

I had to vote early because I'm registered in my hometown (Orange) while going to graduate school in another; I was able to make it home in time for early voting on Friday afternoon. I had to wait almost an hour to vote, which is the longest I've ever had to wait; that seems like a definite good sign in terms of turnout.