(All right folks! You passed the first match and are only $625 away from taking advantage of the full second match by Commissioner Garcia. So if we can scare up the remaining $625 will hit the total $5000 raised for Chris Bell this year via BOR! Last push for dollars for E-Day GOTV! - promoted by Karl-Thomas Musselman)
I've just recorded the video below to share some great news with you. As Matt announced this morning, we have received two matches for our Chris Bell fundraising effort for a total match of $2000! Roland Garcia of Houston and County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia of Houston have upped the ante and that means it's really time for you (yes, YOU) to step up for Bell.
This weekend, Chris Bell earned the endorsement of the Houston Chronicle for the SD-17 runoff election. They had some great words to say.
With the 81st legislative session looming next month in a weakening economic climate, residents of District 17 need an experienced public servant with a firm grasp of spending priorities. With his commitment to bolstering public education, reining in college tuition increases, and controlling skyrocketing insurance premiums, the Chronicle believes that Chris Bell is the best candidate to represent the diverse district in the Texas Senate.
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Bell, a former news reporter and practicing lawyer, says his previous political experience has educated him about the concerns of Texans. According to Bell, "even before Hurricane Ike hit and even before the meltdown on Wall Street, people here in Texas were starting to feel a sense of insecurity, seeing school districts forced into crisis funding modes." He promises to make education issues a top early priority if elected, while working to create coalitions with members of both parties.
District 17 will benefit from being represented by a veteran elected official with statewide name recognition and a proven commitment to high ethical standards. The Chronicle urges constituents to make a special effort to go to the polls and cast their ballots for Bell.
The New Yorker hosts a festival of ideas and forums. This year Jeffrey Toobin hosted a forum with former campaign strategists for a discussion on the 2008 campaign, both from a Democrat and Republican perspective. Panelists included Joe Trippi, Donna Brazile, Alex Castellanos, and Edward J. Rollins. The perspectives from the strategists are interesting and provide some good insight on how you sell the message along with some humorous quips. You can view the entire video of it here.
However the classic moment of the forum was at the end when Donna Brazile stole the show with a wonderful account (the first video clip on the page linked above) of where we are and where we need to be after this campaign is over. I agree with everything she says. We have come too far in this campaign to regress back to where we were eight years ago.
You can view some of the other presentations including a nice one on political humor at the links on the left of the page.
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Impeachment Petition Deadline Midnight Wednesday
Dear Friends,
Because of your vigilance and support for democracy, last Friday was a day of singular importance in Washington. The House Judiciary Committee met to discuss the Bush Administration's abuse of executive power and for the first time the case for Impeachment was discussed in front of a Congressional committee, in depth, at length and with authority.
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I'm asking each of you to please contact at least ten of your friends to go to www.Kucinich.us now and sign the Impeachment petition that will be delivered by me. Wednesday night is the deadline.
Please send out an email to all your friends and family, post this link, http://kucinich.us to your blogs and make this effort count as this is the only petition that I will deliver.
House Judiciary Committee Holds Historic Hearings on the Case for Impeachment
The House Judiciary Committee held historic hearings on Friday about whether the White House overstepped its constitutional authority during the presidency of George W. Bush and whether or not such abuses would justify his impeachment. The hearing was billed as one on "Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations." Although the title expressly did not include the word "impeachment," several Democratic Congress members and witnesses used the opportunity to begin impeachment proceedings against the President and Vice President.
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Arnebeck Live Tonight on The Peter B. Collins Show
NOW UPDATED With Audio Archive...
1) Bush can't pardon someone convicted under a civil RICO case, which is what Arnebeck is compiling. (Also, can't remember if it came up during the interview, but as some have suggested that Rove simply invoke Executive Privilege to avoid being deposed in this case, Exec Privilege does not come into play in such a case. It only refers to Congressional testimony.)
2) Connell had agreed to meet with the House Judiciary Comm. several months ago, but so far Judiciary hasn't followed up.
3) Arnebeck makes a tantalizing reference to the finding in the Paula Jones case that sitting Presidents may be deposed in civil cases. More detail on those points and others in the audio interview.
The latest NY Times/CBS polls are available in detail for your viewing pleasure. The information is interesting in that the racial divides do exist for Barack Obama. However in a question regarding who would win regardless of how the person voted, Obama wins 53-30 with 13 in the Don't Know category. Economy is the #1 issue with 38%, Energy is #2 with 14% and the War is #3 with 10%.
Regarding other choices 47% would prefer other choices than Obama or McCain. People feel the Democratic Party is more likely to make the right decisions when dealing with the issues. The poll goes into a lot of other issues so I'll let you sift through the information and make your own conclusions. It's telling on some interesting race relations questions.
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Note: Next edition of This Week With Barack Obama, April 27-May 3, 2008 will be under the management of Al Rodgers, next Sunday, May 4, 2008. I am in Indiana from Friday through Wednesday, for the crucial Indiana Primary on Tuesday May 6, 2008. I will be working in NW Indiana between Gary, Valparaiso and South Bend. So, give Al the love you give me on this weekly. Peace.
Today marked the start of early voting in the April 8 Democratic Primary runoff across this great state. I know many of my supporters--like me--went to their early voting locations this morning and have already voted in this race.
The runoff on April 8 is a very important election. It will determine whether or not Texas Democrats have someone on the ballot in November who has a real chance of defeating incumbent Republican Michael L. Williams.
I know I can defeat Michael L. Williams in November. I'm the most experienced candidate in the race and will run a campaign that holds the incumbent accountable for his failures. However, to do so, I must first win the runoff.
The climate is right to put a Democrat on the Texas Railroad Commission. The Commission's abject failure to safeguard Texans from dangerous underground pipelines to polluted underground is well documented and, at long last, the media is paying attention to the Commission's failures--and this Democrat's ability to win this seat in November.
