(Community Matters) So nice to have the President back in Austin. I don’t mean to provoke partisan debate. My personal perspective is that the Pres & our D Congress have passed healthcare reform, financial regulatory reform, enacted the most signficant education reforms in several decades, passed legislation requiring equal pay for women… (who knew that didn’t even already exist?), passed LGBT inclusive hate crimes leg, expanded LGBT equality among federal employees and are moving forward with other impt equality measures . . . all while inheriting two unpaid for wars and managing a swine flu epidemic and the worst environmental disaster in our history.
President Obama remains a hero to me. It was great having him back in Austin so that so many friends who have been so supportive were also able to be reminded of his commitment, empathy, charisma and intellect. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks preparing and raising. And, quite successful, we raised over $1mm including $250k going to the Texas Democratic Party. The DSCC raised an additional amount at last night’s reception in Dallas. Way fun working so hard with Kirk Rudy, Adrienne Donato, Alexa Wesner, Bev Reeves and others.
Alexa & Tenn
Melanie Barnes, Steven & Doug Ulman
Charles, Declan & Justin Duggan
the President greeting the entire Rudy tribe
w/ Alexa & Tenn
w/ Dave Glassco & Dexter
Linda & Glenn Neeland
my camera was acting up but we’ll get a good one from Bette
I loved reintroducing the President to my husband. They’d met once but a couple of years ago.
regret I was distracted during so many other friends pics with Pres – including Julie Thorton, Andra & Kate Liemandt, Bev Reeves, Tony & Carli Martinez, Charles & the boys, the entire Winkelman tribe, Will & Sarah Meredith
lots & lots of friends and generous supporters at the luncheon, including Bertha Means, Joyce Christian & Rudy Green, Doug Ulman, Melanie Barnes, David Gail, Aimee Boone, Joe Cunningham, John Hogg & David Garza, John Hildreth, Evvie Nazro, John & Tamra Gorman, Ambassador Schechter, Congr & Libby Doggett, Senator Watson, Andy Brown, Ian Davis & Amy Everhart, good gosh, and about 200 others
thanks to Guy Selden, Rufus Gifford, Sam Brown & so many DNC friends who came down and made this happen – Adrienne Donato numero uno of course
Community Matters 
What a great event. My only hope is that people in general will start working together in helping this country succeed and not wish that this or any administration would fail, because that would mean that they want America to fail… and that is not a good outcome for us as Americans.
Milton