Yesterday, as you may have heard, the Texas Democratic Party held its County and State-Senate District conventions to certify the results of our election-night precinct conventions. While you might have already seen my pictures, there are plenty of other DailyKos diarists who offered their own unique perspectives on their respective conventions.
More on their experiences below!
In alphabetical order by diarist...
dabtl brings news from Denton County, north of Dallas, which currently has no elected Democrats in any county office. I have a feeling that’s about to change.
edalex reports from Kaufman County, east of Dallas, and named for Jack Kaufman, the first Jewish Congressman from Texas.
ejchrist checks in from Senate District 15 in Houston with the story of how a sharp eye saved the day for one Obama delegation.
ElizabethAM gives her perspective on the Senate District 9 convention in Dallas County, which managed to keep sign-ins brisk and efficient.
HouTxLib checks in from Senate District 13 in Harris County, aka Houston, with one of the more contentious reports of the day.
kajpin managed to liveblog the Senate District 11 convention in Pasadena, TX. I guess the IBEW Union Hall had wireless. We were wireless-less in Travis County, boo.
LiberatedClown also checks in from Denton County with a day that went smoothly and peacefully for all involved. That’s good news for November!
Narched brings us Yet Another Texas Convention Photo Diary from here in Austin. Narched’s precinct sat right in front of mine, and we chatted. He thinks his precinct shirts are better. He is wrong!! However, I think precincts 135 and 136 can overcome our divisiveness and work together this fall.
orangeuglad represented Precinct 152 here in Austin, and posted another take on events in Travis County.
ratmach checks in from Loving County, TX, pop. 67. Despite a lengthy vote-tallying process (12 people turned out, which is actually pretty impressive, population-wise), they were able to elect their one delegate to the state convention.
Texas Gray Wolf posted a report from Williamson County’s convention. I love reading about Williamson – it used to be something like 90% Republican, but we’re slowly pulling even up there. This year, turnout in the Democratic Primary eclipsed that of the Republicans!
Texasblu brings us a report from Ellis County, just south of Dallas.
Wino also provides coverage of Williamson County and the two thousand Democrats present.
And last, but certainly not least...
zootwoman brings us Small town rural Texas County convention report. This one is particularly great--not only because the turnout of 150 people was the highest in 45 years, but because those present passed a unanimous resolution to impeach Bush and Cheney and initiate war crimes proceedings. Their work didn’t stop there--as zootwoman reports,
last but not least I found out our people have a sense of humor. We passed a Resolution entitled "The Ray Charles Resolution" in which we unanimously voted "to tell President Bush to Hit the road, Jack!"
Well, little did you all know that there were so many DailyKos diarists around the Lone Star State, let alone so many organized Democrats. Things look good for November. Thanks for posting your stories, folks!
On to the Top Comments
From Pandoras Box:
"I would like to nominate this excellent comment by KenBee, made in response to this comment by OReillysNightmare."
From trashablanca:
"Hello and happy Sunday. Trashy here to nominate this comment in KO's
pre-primetime Sunday show diary. I loves me some Keith in the afternoon.
webranding sets up the pitch and tecampbell smacks it out of the park."
From kath25: (that's me!)
NoisyWithdrawal suggests a theme night that should have been in kate mckinnon's Bush booed at baseball opener.
Thanks to BeninSC for the Top Mojo!
Top Mojo - excluding search-identifiable tip jars and first diary comments (top 30 of each plus ties):
1 you rock! (nt) by Mr Bula - 211
2 Could be. I'm truly having a hard time focusing.. by Melody Townsel - 191
3 Bill Clinton and James Carville by jalapeno - 175
4 Yep here's the 'money' quote by DelicateMonster - 166
5 The Audacity of Delinquency by interdependence - 148
6 Looking foward to this one! by MadAsHellMaddie - 138
7 HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. by Al Rodgers - 132
8 22,000!! by JedReport - 124
9 Si se fucking puede indeed. by soms - 122
10 Isn't this how McBush governs? by zic - 121
11 spot fucking on! Go Texas! GOBAMA! by concerned - 113
12 We were never able to find out. by Melody Townsel - 108
13 But, She did it herrrrrrrrrrrrr wayyyyyyyyyy n/t by AlyoshaKaramazov - 104
14 How Hillary Cares for the Working Class by lost - 104
15 Let's not get ahead of ourselves here by RFK Lives - 102
16 HILL-TOON by Al Rodgers - 100
17 If Obama wins both Indiana and North Carolina by Drdemocrat - 97
18 Do you mean the Mostly Soundbite Morons? by Rogneid - 94
19 New Clinton talking point, Sun Mar 30th by Jeff Y - 93
20 crapping on party activists by Stranded Wind - 88
21 I Wonder if a Title Reflecting the HRC Challenges by Gooserock - 88
22 Obama should just keep talking. by Shiborg - 86
23 Keith I'm sorry but you need to do a Special by Shhs - 82
24 If you really want to piss Bill off... by kath25 - 81
25 The Clintons can go to hell! by Intercaust - 81
26 There are so many things wrong with this comment. by turnover - 81
27 I don't care what the title is by TX Freethinker - 79
28 You were done by 12:30?? by blue armadillo - 79
29 Desperate campaigns take desperate measures by groggy - 78
30 (sings) And now, the end is near,.... by Last Best Chance - 78
Top Mojo - everything included:
1 Tip Spittoon by Keith Olbermann - 1026
2 First beer's on me... by Melody Townsel - 983
3 Tip Jar by HEAT - 507
4 Tips by turneresq - 479
5 Tips by JedReport - 471
6 tips/flames? by DJShay - 442
7 Tips, flames, and comments please n/t by ARingMD2B - 424
8 Tip jar by Brandon Friedman - 352
9 Tip jar. n/t by MTmofo - 327
10 Tip Jar by Winter Rabbit - 270
11 you rock! (nt) by Mr Bula - 211
12 I'm glad they weren't able to totally obscure by kate mckinnon - 210
13 Could be. I'm truly having a hard time focusing.. by Melody Townsel - 191
14 Tip jar, by request. by Big Nit Attack - 190
15 Bill Clinton and James Carville by jalapeno - 175
16 Yep here's the 'money' quote by DelicateMonster - 166
17 Nice candidate diary by DelicateMonster - 166
18 The Audacity of Delinquency by interdependence - 148
19 Looking foward to this one! by MadAsHellMaddie - 138
20 HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. by Al Rodgers - 132
21 22,000!! by JedReport - 124
22 Si se fucking puede indeed. by soms - 122
23 Isn't this how McBush governs? by zic - 121
24 Tip Jar by LithiumCola - 120
25 Tip Jar - 30 March by Jerome a Paris - 117
26 spot fucking on! Go Texas! GOBAMA! by concerned - 113
27 Shit, oh, dear. The Rec List? by MTmofo - 112
28 We were never able to find out. by Melody Townsel - 108
29 But, She did it herrrrrrrrrrrrr wayyyyyyyyyy n/t by AlyoshaKaramazov - 104
30 How Hillary Cares for the Working Class by lost - 104
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