Archive - May 14, 2005
Mass. Dems Convention Evening Post
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 05/14/2005 - 19:29At the Massachusetts State Convention, Representative Ed Markey introduced Democratic National Committee Chairperson Howard Dean saying that Dean reached out to young voters and gave them faith in party politics.
Not only has Chairman Dean reached given young voters faith in party politics, but he has made them feel welcome. In his speech before the convention, he said that the most important thing that he wanted to tell everyone at the convention is, “We need you.”
He spoke about needing people to get out and knock on doors. He said, “We need a Democratic Governor in Massachusetts in 2006. We can’t do it without you. We need you to exercise some discipline on the party. We do not want to destroy ourselves before we get to the primary.”
Mass. Dems Convention Morning Post
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 05/14/2005 - 11:00It is a grey, overcast day. As I drive to the convention, I encounter brief showers. I was up late last night for some of the parties that are an important part of conventions. The parties last night had a slightly surreal aspect. A local school was having its prom at the same hotel that the Democratic Convention Parties were at; prom dresses and political buttons. I hadn’t had any food or coffee yet, and I was feeling a little bit down. Yet as I arrived at the convention center, I saw crowds holding signs for their candidates.
Checking in was quick and simple. I was asked what organization I was with and I said I was a blogger. There, on the list next to major newspapers and TV stations was the group, “blogger”. I was the only person in that group.
