Legal Commentary

Colorado State Convention Gets Underway

By Jeralyn

It's embarrassing to see that these women, who call themselves "White Women for Obama" are from my home state.

[Janice]Francis and two of her friends, Elana Hanson and Pam Clausen, wore T-shirts they designed and sold that said "ColoradObama." Francis and Hanson are trying to get elected as delegates from the 5th District.

..."We're white women for Obama," Clausen said.
"Oprah's the one who got us turned on to him," Francis said.

There are 70 pages of Obama wannabe delegates and 46 pages of Hillary hopefuls, 1,500 people in all, competing for 12 delegate slots and 2 alternate positions. Hopefully these three won't be among them.

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As to whether the delegates are up for grabs, this was interesting, if accurate:

Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of the DNC, will speak on Clinton's behalf. Arizona Gov. Jane Napolitano will urge delegates to support Obama.

Are they just pitching the uncommitted delegates or are the delegates picked at the caucuses (and then at the county convention) no longer bound by their pledges?

All in all, this is a pretty unflattering article. It ends with another dumb quote from the Oprah-seduced Ms. Francis:

Saturday's events are at the Event Center, which has parking for 2,400 vehicles. An estimated 10,000 Democrats were expected to descend on El Paso County Friday and today.

"Isn't that great? This place is so Republican," Francis said.

Time to try the Denver Post and see if the coverage is any better.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 17, 2008 (boomark / email).