Comments on: Denver-bound! http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: vjp http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-3/#comment-133944 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:49:44 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133944 Hey Bryus – sorry I missed your comment earlier. Yes, some of us with a job and a family still manage to put in the time to get to the convention.

Congrats, Jeff! Hope to see you there.

]]> By: Jeff http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133941 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:54:12 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133941 Congrats! I got elected as a delegate from Texas. Check out my blog

http://www.jstrater.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Bryus http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133203 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:35:59 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133203 Contrats! I hope you have a good time while you’re out here.

When I went to my local caucus in February I got the idea that it would be cool to go to the convention since it’s actually in my state. I got voted as a delegate/alternate to the county assembly/convention. Then I got voted again to the 6th congressional district assembly convention. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend the 6DC or later assemblies and conventions because I just didn’t have the time to dedicate to them. Also, I found that I was clearly not going to get elected because I didn’t have the time to put into it.

I don’t know how anyone with a job and a family can put in all the time required to get to the convention.

]]> By: Anon E. Mouse http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133191 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:03:29 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133191 There is a definite downside to allowing lazy voting.

]]> By: Kevin http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133189 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:15:21 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133189 Congrats Vivian! Enjoy your time there and soak it all up…

]]> By: Randy Klear http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133170 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:25:39 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133170 OK, I found a list of the Obama PLEO slate, which was elected:

Pixie Bell
Louise Lucas
Yvonne Miller
William Euille
Frank Hall
Dwight Jones

]]> By: Randy Klear http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133169 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:17:25 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133169 Amy LaMarca should be on the list of Obama at-large delegates. Pixie Bell was a PLEO. Or at least I think so. I was still counting DNC ballots when the caucuses split up and the Obama PLEO balloting took place, and I haven’t seen a list of the winners in that group either.

]]> By: aownby http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133163 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:30:53 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133163 thank you for the information- although i am not happy to hear the obama slate won- all of them were originally on both the PLEO and at large ballot- they split off which made sure that the 3 woman left on the PLEO would go- and 4 of the 5 men left would- the rest formed the Obama Slate when they are really Party leaders when there were many many grass roots workers who are the back bone of getting any candidate elected on the ballots- we were shut out at the congressional conventions by decptive behavior and now at the State by the formation of this slate that should have stayed under the party leaders catagory- i am sure just because it appeared they were indorsed by the Obama campaign- I would much rather see woman like Jhana go! It should be a fair mix of the grassroots workers who give their hearts and souls as well as the party leaders- i think we need to take a serious look at how we treat the people in our own party- I really feel sick now!!

]]> By: Anonymous Is A Woman http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133161 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:59:26 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133161 Congrats Vivian. I am exhausted too. I also am proud to have voted for you, Rachel Rifkind, and the slate. As somebody who has been to several national convention, I can tell you, you are going to have a blast – I hope you enjoy every moment of it!

]]> By: vjp http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133160 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:47:04 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133160 I found out that the Obama slate was also elected. From what I hear, the counting took four hours! I don’t have the entire slate for them, particularly the PLEO, but I understand that among the PLEO delegates were Sen. Henry Marsh, Sen. Yvonne Miller and Sen. Louise Lucas.

I *think* this is the slate for the Obama At Large delegates:
Mark Goodwyn
Pixie Bell
Bob Hovis
Abbi Easter
Mark Keam
Gaylene Kanoyton
Mark Sickles
Judy Rasmussen
Mark Federici
Chrisi West
Anthony Burfoot
Margo Horner
Alt. Scott Surovell
Alt. Grindly Johnson

]]> By: Ingrid http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133157 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:09:31 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133157 Congratrulations, Vivian! It was great to see you again; have fun in Denver!

]]> By: vjp http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133152 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:34:27 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133152 Mouse – yes, the voters could vote for the slate. Yes, the count works that way. There was only one slate on the ballot.

]]> By: linda b http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133151 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:32:01 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133151 Mr. NN Dem, will do, as soon as I have a few minutes. Thanks for setting this up for Jim Webb to come to the event Friday night. He even signed the three books I bought for my famly and did it with a smile.
Thanks to all.
On to Denver.

]]> By: Anon E. Mouse http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133149 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:43:52 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133149 Again, I ask you to clear up my ignorance of the delegate election process.

“The At Large delegate counting took a bit of time, because the slate didn’t win outright and individual votes had to be counted.”

So, the voters could simply vote for all the candidates on a “slate”? If the slate does not get >50% of the vote, then the ballots are counted as individuals, with those on the slate getting the slate votes plus whatever other votes they may pick up? How many of these slates were there?

]]> By: Newport News Dem http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133147 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:10:48 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133147 Congrats! I will admit to having voted for you individually and not in the slate. There were several other very deserving ladies from Hampton Roads who I also chose to support, like Susan Rowland who is also off to Denver.

Wow, I am just now coming back to life after a seriously kick …..”tush” party thrown by Jon Bowerbank last night. Thank you, I think, Mr. Bowerbank!

Maybe Linda B (or others) can provide us some pictures from the hugely successful and well attended poolside Unity party Friday night!

]]> By: Gene Magruder http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-2/#comment-133141 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:23:55 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133141 Vivian,

Congratulations , Have fun, don’t try jogging at that high altitude and watch out for my girl Linda B. so she makes it back because we have work to do in Newport News.

P.S. Take a union airline, if you can.

]]> By: Brian http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133140 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:56:54 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133140 Congrats, Vivian! Have a good time.

]]> By: linda b http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133134 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:23:06 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133134 Vivian , congrats, I know when I last saw you yesterday afternoon, they were still counting. See you in Denver.

I have no idea who the Obama at large dlelegates are. I left at 6pm and they still didn’t know. The fact that they had TWO slates and one was only partial made it difficult to figure our who to vote for. We shall see.

]]> By: Alice http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133133 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:14:50 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133133 congrats, like Christy I look forward to your Denver blogging.

]]> By: Christy http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133132 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:49:14 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133132 Congratulations! I look forward to your reports.

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]]> By: Ron Wilson http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133129 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:21:28 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133129 Enjoy the trip!

]]> By: vjp http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133128 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:30:58 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133128 Thanks, all. I was in the Clinton caucus (natch :) ) and the Virginia Blue Slate was elected. That slate was:
PLEO
Rachel Rifkind
Susan Rowland
David Slutzky
Jim Turpin
At Large
Charisse Glassman
Irma Mitchell
Dan Moldover
Venkat Murthy
Vivian Paige
Walter Wise
At Large Alternate
Alison Umberger

We voted separately on the PLEO delegates and the At large delegates. The counting for the PLEO delegates went rather quickly as there were not many who filed for that. The At Large delegate counting took a bit of time, because the slate didn’t win outright and individual votes had to be counted. I’m told I was the top vote-getter among the female candidates. I think it must have had something to do with the Hillary buttons I handed out as we headed to the caucus :)

The Obama delegate voting was still going on when I left last night.

]]> By: aownby http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133127 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:43:00 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133127 congrats!!! we had to leave too before the winners were announced- you do not happen to know any of the other names of those elected?
Thanks!
Adrienne

]]> By: Sean Holihan http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133126 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:55:31 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133126 Congrats Vivian, I was wondering about that when I left Hampton last night. Great news!

]]> By: bwana http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133124 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:37:18 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133124 Out-by-god-Standing!

Congratulations!

B

]]> By: pvogel88 http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133109 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:37:41 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133109 I am denver bound too.
My sister landed the Vending job, and ahs gets to staff the venders.

She lives on the front range

]]> By: anonymous http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133108 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:09:59 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133108 Let me be the firs–er, fourth I guess to…ah it’s just kind of lost something. Congrats Viv.

]]> By: Chris Bonney http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133107 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:02:13 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133107 Congratulations!

]]> By: Anon E. Mouse http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133105 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:46:37 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133105 Congratulations. Enjoy the trip.

]]> By: Mark Brooks http://blog.vivianpaige.com/2008/06/14/denver-bound/comment-page-1/#comment-133103 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:33:32 +0000 http://vivianpaige.wordpress.com/?p=3403#comment-133103 Congratulations, Vivian. Make sure and look for my photo spread on the convention.

It was great seeing you today, and we are so happy for you. You work hard, and you deserve this honor and fun important trip.

We are still here in W’burg, recovering. We will be going home in the morning after some shopping.

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