Daily Archives: 06/06/2008

(Community Matters) I was just speaking with a Hillary supporter, asking her why her unbridled enthusiasm for Hillary and not Obama despite the fact that Obama has won the primary and Hillary has asked her supporters to back the Senator. She says Hillary hasn’t conceded and hasn’t asked for the transfer of her support.

Rick Noriega now speaking. He’s doing well, moving it away from Obama and Hillary toward healthcare, education, public safety. good

Garry Mauro now speaking. People around me saying, sit down, he’s not even Hispanic. He’s saying how President Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Chelsea know and will always remember this. Hmm, didn’t the African American community believe this too until S. Carolina and Jessie Jackson comments.

(Community Matters) “When driving a car, you put it in D to go forward; put it in R to go backward. It’s like that in politics too.”

(Community Matters) Not pretty. Hillary supporters are angry and not letting it go. One of the caucus chairs just walked in and has no idea what’s going on. He was asking about why the orange wrist bands. Silly extra layer of credentialing without any safeguards. Conflicting instructions from the podium. This group’s anger on the edge.

(Community Matters) Just reading that Brian Cooper (formerly CEO Lombari and Affiniscape) has been hired by Philip & Donna Berber as the new CEO for their foundation, Glimmer of Hope. Brian’s a catch, congrats!

(Community Matters) There are hundreds, if not thousands of jobs that will be filled for the campaign during the next two months. The campaign is seeking men, women and youth of all ages, nationalities, religions and sexual orientations for placement all around the country. Long hours, extraordinary passion required. To submit a resume, go here

(Community Matters) Hope the ban against federal lobbyist dollars to the Democratic National Committee imposed by Senator Obama just yesterday isn’t lost in all the news. This is huge. Of course there will always be a role for lobbyists. Availability of actionable, reliable information is critical to the men and women we’ve asked to vote on new laws. However, their over reliance on lobbyists for the hard dollars necessary to run campaigns has upset the balance of information, influence and constituent responsibility. The day after becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee and Barack Obama has already signaled a major change in how they’ll do business in Washington. Perhaps Senator McCain and the GOP will meet this challenge.

(Community Matters) Democrats are coming together. Outstanding progress among Clinton and Obama supporters coming together to ensure a D victory in November. Spent most of the drive back from Houston in conference calls, updates on the progress of Hispanic leadership coalescing and national fundraising. Henry Cisneros & Chelsea Clinton to address this weekend’s Texas Democratic Convention. Next week’s Obama fundraiser featuring chief strategist David Axelrod has nearly sold to capacity – we might relocate to accommodate more.

(Community Matters) Wonder what Devlin (Nathan’s bf) had to say 🙂

(Community Matters) Looks as if former Human Rights Campaign board colleague, Mark Leno, has just been elected to the CA Senate

Mark Leno just won the D primary in SF

Congrats Mark!

Now, let’s just hope (& help!) Oklahoma Corporate Commissioner Jim Roth also wins reelection.

(Community Matters) 63% of Americans now believe same-sex marriage is a private decision. Only 33% now believe the government has a right to prohibit marriage. here