Here it is! Kerry events thread: April 18, 2005

[Vektor]

Please list any upcoming Kerry events and appearances you may know of here. Include any and all info you have, such as time, place, date, cost to attend, etc. If you know of anything going on in another part of the country besides your own local area, list that too!

I am starting this weekly thread so Kerrycrats can be kept in the know of where he will be appearing in case anyone would like to attend either local or out of state events. At the beginning of each week, I will start a new thread, and post a complete list of all the events from the prior week.

I encourage everyone to post as soon as they find out about something going on so people have plenty of notice to arrange travel if need be.

Some weeks there may be nothing, but keep checking back. I came up with the idea for this weekly thread because I kept hearing about Kerry appearances a little to late to arrange to attend any of them. Now, we can all keep each other informed.


Thanks, Kerrycrats!

[TayTay]

1. This is persnickety mention.

Do you want something this granular? (It's a DC event, not a people event.) I kinda think not. But, I can post it and you can tell me never to post this stuff again, and I will acquiesce.


April 19 - 20. MORTGAGE BANKERS _ The Mortgage Bankers
Association holds its National Policy Conference, Advocacy in
Action 2005.
Highlights:
8:30 a.m. Senators John Kerry, D-Mass., and John Hagel, R-Neb.;
and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.
9:50 a.m. Treasury Secretary John Snow delivers remarks.
10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m. HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson; Sen. Evan
Bayh, D-Ind.
12 p.m. Luncheon session with commentators Ann Coulter and Donna
Brazile.
Contacts: ., 800-793-6222

Oh, eowh, Coulter, yuck. One bucket of industrial strength Evil-Be-Gone on the way. Hope they have the place fumigated after she leaves.

[Vektor]

2. This is fine -

By all means, list any public appearances!
Thanks!

[TayTay]

3. Thursday, April 21

http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/witnesslist.cfm?id=1467

Hearing on the Reauthorization of Amtrak
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Hearing
Thursday, April 21 2005 - 9:30 AM - Russell 253

Webcast: Click here to view a live webcast of this hearing.
Description: The Senate Commerce Committee's Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, April 21, 2005, at 9:30 a.m. on the Reauthorization of Amtrak in room 253 of the Russell Building. Witnesses will are as follows:

Opening Remarks:

The Honorable Jeffrey L. Rosen
General Counsel, Department of Transportation

The Honorable Kenneth Mead
Inspector General, Department of Transportation

Mr. David M. Laney, Esq.
Chairman of the Board, National Railroad Passenger Corporation -- Amtrak

Mr. David Gunn
President and CEO, National Railroad Passenger Corporation -- Amtrak

[TayTay]

4. Committee for April 26th

Finance: Social SEcurity
10 a.m.
To hold hearings to examine proposals to achieve
sustainable solvency regarding personal accounts.
SD-628

This isn't up yet on the Finance Committee Hearings site, but on Tuesday you can get live feed at:
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearings.htm

Social Security is a signature event for this Admin and a crucial test for Dems in Congress. Given the makeup of this committee, it could be worth your while to check out.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND FAMILY POLICY

Rick Santorum, PA, Chairman
Kent Conrad, ND, Ranking Member

Republicans
Charles E. Grassley, IA
Jim Bunning, KY
Bill Frist, TN
Trent Lott, MS
Jon Kyl, AZ
Gordon Smith, OR
Mike Crapo, ID


Democrats
John D. Rockefeller IV, WV
James M. Jeffords, VT
Jeff Bingaman, NM
John F. Kerry, MA
Blanche L. Lincoln, AR

[TayTay]

5. Kerry visiting Minneapolis on May 3rd

Details not up yet. Here is an annoying insdie baseball story about Sen. Dayton and ruffled feathers. Whatever:

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5362878.html

Aides said he plans to conduct a "town-hall event" in Minneapolis on the morning of May 3 as part of a coast-to-coast tour. Details of the event haven't been released yet. His wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, will speak at a $100-per-ticket YWCA luncheon at the Minneapolis Convention Center on the same day.

[TayTay]

6. Trip to Seattle, May 1st

I don't have much in the way of specifics on the free events (if any) but here is the Steattle Times account: http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=election22m&date=20050422&query=John+Kerry

Democrats yesterday sent out invitations to a May 1 Seattle fund-raiser headlined by Kerry, the party's 2004 presidential nominee.

"We have started fund raising again very aggressively to pay for the field and legal operations for the rest of the case," Berendt said.

Kerry will be raising money for the state party's "Governor's Defense Fund." Tickets will cost $40 to $250 apiece.

While Gregoire has worked to distance herself from the party's legal work on her behalf, she is being billed as a "special guest" at the event.

Kerry has already helped Gregoire. In December he gave the party $250,000 of his leftover campaign funds to help pay for the hand recount.

Vance wouldn't say what plans Republicans have for fund raising but noted he hopes for help from national Republican groups.

In some ways, Kerry's concession to President Bush in November led to Gregoire's eventual victory in the recount. Gregoire has said Democrats from around the country donated money for a statewide recount in her race in part because they wanted her to fight rather than give up too early, as they believed Kerry did and former Vice President Al Gore had done in 2000.

"Some people feel that this governor's race hasn't ended and some people are wishing the presidential race ended in a different way, so I think it's interesting to bring Kerry and Gregoire together," said Ari Melber, who was deputy political director for Kerry's campaign in the state.

Berendt said Kerry's trip west "does make one wonder whether he is gearing up to run again."

Melber said it is way too early for people to focus on a 2008 presidential campaign.

"This is a trip that is about connecting with Democrats, talking about health care and helping Gov. Gregoire. John Kerry, especially in a blue state like Washington, can come into town, draw a crowd and raise money."

Kerry's visit will help the state party draw attention to the election challenge as the trial nears.

[whometense]

7. WTF?

In the interview, Dayton said that "any politician that embraces children clearly has some motive beyond that, because otherwise they would be doing something about it rather than talking about it."

Soemtimes I feel like a political nitwit. Kerry had "daggers in his eyes"? Oh, puh-leeze.

[TayTay]

8. Let it go

This is why Dayton is not running for his seat again. He is not a very good politician. He was the one who shut down his Senate office when a terrorism alert was put out. Again, let it go; the guy is on his way out.

I did notice he won't be in Minneapolis when Kerry is. Just thank God for small favors.

[whometense]

9. Yeah, I noticed that too.

Ok, ;-) I'll let it go. Deep breaths. Not only could I never in a million years be a politician, I don't even think I could be married to one. I'd make Teresa look like the picture of calm decorum. :D

[karynnj]

10. Isn't aggressively lobbying people directly to get support

for Kids' First actually doing something. His motive for talking about Kids' first might be ... getting them insured. (Kerry's motive for embracing children might be he's a caring human being.) Knowing nothing else about Dayton (other than Dayton department stores and that he's not running), the quote says more about him - ANY politician that embaces children's issues is doing it for political reasons?

[TayTay]

11. Yeah, that's why I wasn't too harsh on this one

That's an insane comment. It makes no sense at all.

[TayTay]

12. Commerce Comm: Budget for Homeland SEcurity for FY06

TSA Budget Proposal for FY2006
Full Committee Hearing
Tuesday, April 26 2005 - 2:30 PM - Russell 253


Webcast: Click here to view a live webcast of this hearing.http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/witnesslist.cfm?id=1487
Description: Senate Commerce Committee Co-Chairmen Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) have scheduled a Full Committee hearing on Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., on the President's FY2006 Budget request for the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and related programs, in room 253 of the Russell building. The witnesses for this hearing are Chip Barclay, President, American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) and Jim May, President and CEO, Air Transport Association (ATA). The scheduled witnesses are:

Opening Remarks:

Mr. James May
CEO, Air Transport Association (ATA) of America, Inc.

Mr. Chip Barclay
President, American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)