Dean Supporters: A Quick Report from the CDC Convention

[Le Taz Hot]

Our annual CDC (California Democratic Council) Convention is being held this weekend in Fresno, CA and I just wanted to give you a quick, interim report on how things are going before I have to go back to the convention. Keep in mind that yesterday consisted of registration and a dinner so most of the delegates hadn't even arrived yet. The actual convention is today.

We arranged to have a Dean table set up at the convention. We're almost sold out of Dean T-shirts and buttons, we gave away all of the Dean clothing stickers and had to hold back some of the bumper stickers as they were going fast. I had to send my husband back home to print up more sign-up sheets and CONTRIBUTION FORMS.

I was interviewed about the Dean campaign by our local NBC affiliate and the edited-down version was a full minute (an eternity in TV terms) AND they showed it on the 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 news. The local CBS affiliate also showed up and, though we didn't get interviewed, the reporter took a Dean bumper sticker!

I was talking with one of the ladies who sells Democratic memorabelia and campaign material at all of these Dem events and she told me that Dean is outselling all other candidates by a 5-1 margin!

I'll post pictures of the Dean table (you've gotta see this!) and various other pictures of this event either later on tonight or tomorrow morning.

Just in case anyone was wondering, California LOVES Dean! (Can we say 55 electoral college votes?)

The Doctor is SOOOO In!

[Le Taz Hot]

1. Kick

:kick:

[demnan]

2. Thanks for your report and your support for the Dean effort

I'll be looking forward to seeing the pictures! :hi:

[JNelson6563]

3. great news

Thanks for the fab update!! Keep us posted~~

Julie

[Rose Siding]

4. Very exciting Taz!

So good to know. Thanks so much for your efforts.

[Stuckinthebush]

5. Good news!

I was pulling out of my driveway yesterday morning as a man was walking up the street. He gave us the thumbs up and said, "I love your Dean sticker!"

I asked him if he wanted one, and he took five.

He said, "I like Dean, but to be honest, anyone is better than Bush."

And this is in Alabama.

Keep giving us updates, LTH!

[pansypoo53219]

6. jeez

alabama? oh baby, am i getting pumped for the impeachment.

[Eloriel]

7. GOD, this is exciting

I hope you'll come back and tell us more.

GO, DEAN!!!!

Eloriel

[Cha]

8. Thanks for this Awesome report, La Taz!

Looking forward to seeing the pictures of the "Dean table".

Good Luck to all you Californians with the Davis recall.

I hope you beat those repugs back under the rocks!

[David Zephyr]

9. Hi, Le Taz Hot! Waiting for Your Pics!

I was a member of the CDC for 8 years and the Conventions are great. Please keep us posted here as to how Dean support looks there at the Convention.

Wishing you a great time! :hi:

[mandyky]

10. Still waiting for pictures

and more details!! ;)

[Le Taz Hot]

11. OK, final report on the CDC Convention.

Instead of starting a new thread, I thought I'd tack onto this one.

Well, if Friday night was good, Satuday was UNBELIEVABLE! That's it. We're out of everything (except T-shirts and we brought 68 -- we have 12 left). Bumper stickers, buttons, clothing stickers, postcards, position papers -- everything -- gone! (I had to take off MY "Dean" pin as I couldn't take the disappointed look on one lady's face who was very disappointed when I told her we were out.) Even people who hadn't decided on a candidate yet were saying, "Yeah, Dean, I like that guy." We, of course, would do our "spiel" and most would then grab position papers to be read later.

There are a lot of seniors who belong to the CDC and many of them are not on the internet. They wanted to know how to get involved with the campaign. I assured them that they did NOT have to be on the internet in order to get involved with the campaign and we signed 'em up on the spot. I assured them that I would register them for the campaign and that I would make sure the headquarters mails them regularly. Several asked how they could donate to the campaign and, of course, we had campaign forms and pre-addressed, stamped envelopes ready to give out.

Although, Dennis Kucinich came to speak (he shook my hand and wished us good luck) and there were LOTS of Kucinich supporters there, the Dean supporters outnumbered everyone.

Remember the lady who sells Dem. memorabelia? Well, she came and gave me an update. She said Dean was now outselling everyone more like 10-1.

Congressman McDermot (from Washington -- Seattle, I think) attended the Dean Meet & Greet we had on Friday night. He also came by our Dean table and said, "Nice table!" He hasn't officially endorsed anyone yet, but I got a STRONG feeling he's leaning towards Dean.

Oh yeah, in the original post I mentioned that our local CBS affiliate came by but we weren't interviewed. Well, several people said that they did a report on the convention, featured Kucinich and Dean (and the recall) and while they were talking about Dean they showed my picture. I've no idea why, but there it is -- I would have rather they showed Dean's handsome mug.

I DO have pictures but my hunkmeister isn't awake yet and he needs to do that techie thing he does so well. I don't have the heart to wake him up yet as he was such a trooper and he's not nearly the political animal I am.

Oh yeah, while the workshops were going on, we had this brainstorm that was inspired by the Dean blog. We decided to do a food drive, collect non-perishables, print up "Donated by 'Fresno for Dean'" labels, attach them to the cans/packages and donate them to a local food bank. (NEVER give us "down time.")

Anyway, I'll be back later with pictures. (I'm sure I'll be getting flamed for some of them, but what the hell -- some people have NO sense of humor.)

[tedoll78]

12. YES!

Geesh, I haven't felt this good about politics for so long..

[AnnabelLee]

13. Excellent report

It's great to hear how receptive people are. Can't wait for the pics!:D

[JNelson6563]

14. You go girl!!

Can't wait to see your pics!!

Julie

[CMT]

15. Thank you for the great job you are doing in California!!

Things are looking good in Wisconsin too. For the third time this summer I worked a Dean table at the Madison Farmer's Market. The weather was perfect and thousands of people came out. In my two-hour shift (we work in shifts of two hours) we ran out of literature, got three pages of people signing up for e-mail updates or volunteer activities, and gave away a dozen or so bumper stickers--at this early stage we have still given away tons of bumper stickers. Even if people didn't stop at the table we got a lot of people who walked by giving us a thumbs up sign. Dean is coming on strong across the country!!

[Le Taz Hot]

16. Farmer's Markets!

We're in the heart of farm country around here and, needless to say, we have several Farmer's Markets. While we had some downtime and were plotting to overthrow the universe, we decided we needed to hit the farmer's markets. Some of them are pretty costly but I'm hoping others won't be as cost prohibitive.

[DEM FAN]

17. Dean Will Be A GREAT President. Just Wait You'll See.

:-)

[Eloriel]

18. Taz, you are just super

Thanks for the update. Looking forward to the pix.

Eloriel