Tauscher's take on people powered politics

by: jlwolff

Tue Dec 12, 2006 at 18:27:00 PM PST

(I did indeed encourage this story to be posted here. It is really is all about Tauscher's relationship with her constituents. - promoted by juls)

Before I begin I warn you I have never posted a blog before. I have commented on a few posts at DailyKos and was told by juls that I should post my experience with Tauscher here so here it is.

I am a very active democrat, especially for my age group. I am 18 years old and a senior at Acalanes High School. I am the Youth Outreach Coordinator of the Lamorinda Democratic Club, President and Founder of the Acalanes Democratic Club, member of East Bay for Democracy and East Bay Young Democrats, and during the next several months will be working to create a Contra Costa County Young Democrats. Despite all this involvement, I have only seen Tauscher speak once. Maybe this is because, as a Congresswoman, Tauscher's in DC all the time (which I doubt is the reason because I've heard Miller speak 3 or 4 times) but I suspect that it is more because she does not like dealing with local clubs knowing that she will be put under the spotlight and actually asked tough questions. Surprisingly enough she agreed to speak on the topic of Nuclear Bunker Busters and the Possibility of U.S. Intervention in Iran for the Mt. Diablo Peace Center on June 10, 2006.

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GovernorPhil.com, a people powered website to elect next CA-Gov, Launches!

by: neutron

Thu Aug 10, 2006 at 14:49:06 PM PDT

(Hey all you Calitics readers...can you do us a favor and recommend neutron's dKos x-post of this diary.. - promoted by SFBrianCL)

I am very, very pleased to announce the launch of the website GovernorPhil.com. Inspired by Raising Kaine in Virginia, that helped elect Tim Kaine governor of Virginia (and soon, Jim Webb), and Lamont blog which recently helped win the nomination for Ned Lamont in the Connecticut Democratic primary.

GovernorPhil.com is another in a series of people powered grassroots websites. In this case put together by a dedicated group of blogosphere types, (aka: myself, Conan Newton, ex-director of Bands Against Bush, long time poster to dkos, mydd, and others, Brian Leubitz (aka: utbriancl) of Calitics, Jenifer Fernandez Ancona (aka: jra) of Power PAC, Dan Ancona (aka: da)of SpeakOutCalifornia.org, Frank D. Russo of The California Progress Report and many more.

Quite simply, this election is not just about the current California recall governor. Certainly that guy is odious, in the pocket of big business and the extreme right wing, all the while acting the part of a moderate. However, while pointing out the current govenor's lies, misdirections, and dangerous policis, this site is designing to be about helping present the vision and character of California's next Governor, Philip Nicholas Angelides. Or as we hope to call him soon. Governor Phil