[Vision2020] Fwd: [vmfp-wa at mansker.org] Edwards & Obama have strong support in WSDems leadership

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Sun Jan 27 09:09:17 PST 2008


Greetings Visionaires -

This is just an "FYI".

I am a subscriber to severaa other listserves.  Among these listserves is 
the "Washington Veterans".

For the past few days the Washington Veterans listserve has been 
discussing the various primaries and caucuses, with major focus on South 
Carolina, Florida, and (of course) Washington.

The posting below should give you a taste of how things are proceeding 
among Washington democrats.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho



Forwarded Message:
> To: vmfp-wa at mansker.org
> From: Debby Pattin <nomadpattin at comcast.net>
> Subject: [vmfp-wa at mansker.org] Edwards & Obama have strong support in 
WSDems leadership
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:53:25 -0800
> -----
> Hey, don't let that picture of Dwight Pelz w/ Hillary Clinton at the 
> Maggie Awards fool any of you.
> There is strong support within the leadership of the Washington State 
> Democrats for
> both Edwards and Obama.
> 
> I know because I am on the Central Committee as the state 
> committeewoman for Thurston Co.
> One of the Washington Dem. National Committeewomen (we have 2 ea male / 
> female) was
> a sponsor of Obama's Dec. 11 visit to Seattle.  Another was a 
> Richardson supporter who is
> now leaning towards Obama.
> Another man on the Ex. Comm. is on Edwards' national steering 
> committee.  The former chair
> of the party is the state coordinator for Edwards.
> These folks walk around in public at these state meetings wearing their 
> Edwards or Obama
> buttons, even while conducting meetings. They are not shy about 
> expressing their support.
> 
> The 9th CD rep. is a strong Edwards supporter.
> 
> Also, since April `07, at our central committee meetings, on our sign 
> in sheets (for attendance taking)
> there has been a column to the right of our names where we have been 
> asked to put our 1st and 2nd
> choice fro Pres.  In Apri (4/07l, again in Pasco (7/07), again in 
> Wenatchee (9/07), Obama  and
> Edwards have come in first and second amongst the State Committee 
> members and the Chairs & Vice Chairs
>   of the County and Leg. District LDs.  Some quarter's results had 
> Kucinich and Richardson behind O and E but
> still ahead of Clinton.
> 
> I just got home last night from the January Central Comm. meeting and 
> so don't have the current sign in
> poll available, but I bet Obama and Edwards still are leading.
> 
> The reason that Clinton was the keynote speaker for the Maggie awards 
> was because she is the one
> who said yes. All the other Dem candidates (well, I don't know for sure 
> about Gravel, but the Biden, Dodd, et
> al) were invited. Clinton's campaign was the first to respond, and 
> rumor has it was that they said yes
> because Obama and Edwards had recently has such successful events in 
> the Seattle (and Edwards in Everett also)
> that Clinton's camp was worried. She had not made a campaign appearance 
> here at all, and yet Edwards, Obama,
> Richardson, Kucinich, Dodd (don't remember about Biden) had all been to 
> the state for fundraising or rally purposes.
> 
> I am sure some of the more entrenched 'party machinery' type Dems in WA 
> are supporting Clinton, including the
> former executive director (assistant to the chair), but not the 
> majority of the leadership, and that is a fact.
> 
> Fired up, Ready to Go for Obama,
> 
> Debby Pattin
> State Committeewoman, Thurston Co. Democrats
> Vice Chair, 22nd LD
Dems

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