For those who aren't totally sick of the Convention posts,

[geniph]

please check out my convention blog (for those who don't know, I was a delegate for Washington state). I have some of my pictures posted there, and it's basically my journal of my convention experience.

comments welcome, but trolls will have theirs scrubbed away.

http://genidncc04.blogspot.com

[Reverend_Smitty]

1. How does someone get to be a delegate?

I've always wondered that but never asked

[geniph]

2. It varies by state

Your best bet is to check with your legislative district chair, and start going to your precinct or legislative district meetings. That's where the rubber meets the road for local politics. The way it works in Washington state is that you run at the precinct caucus for legislative district delegate, then at the legislative district caucus for congressional district delegate, and then a small handful of people are elected at the congressional district caucus to National. At the state convention, the at-large delegates and PLEOs (Party Leaders and Elected Officials) are elected. They, along with all Democratic members of the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Democratic Governors, form the state delegation to the Democratic National Convention.

I was a first-time delegate, new to the whole process this year. It was quite a coup to be elected to National with no credentials to speak of.

[Zomby Woof]

4. did you see my brag thread?

:D I saw you on TV. :D

[geniph]

5. No! Now I have to go look for it!

A bunch of people I know said they saw me during the roll call - is that when you saw me?

[geniph]

6. Laurin, I can't find your post!

on edit: there it is! I found it. But no one but you congratulated me. *pout* I can't respond to it, because it's in the archives now. but thank you, my friend!

[saracat]

3. There are several ways .

the most common is to run for delegate in your congressional district. You can also run as an at large delegate at your Democratic State Con'vention.And you can run as a Party elected odfficial if you are one of those.Usually Governors and congress peple are automatic delegates.But a lot of politics goes into this and rarely is it fair.

[geniph]

7. Oh, and if you've checked it out in the past

it has been extensively updated...like within the last ten minutes!

[geniph]

8. Pooh, I'm going to have to quit kicking my own thread

Y'all are making me feel sorry for myself...all that work on my blog, and NOBODY at all wants to read it?

:nopity:

:cry:

Okay, pity party's over now. Harrumph!!!

[ploppy]

9. Thank you!

I just read your blog and really enjoyed it. You had a great time and got to see it in person! I was a delegate in 96 and loved it and have never been so punch drunk tired.