May I vent?

[SoxFan]

New Hampshire is the home of the first presidential primary.

Manchester is the largest city in the state.

I signed on as an Obama supporter almost immediately after he announced that he was running for President.

In Manchester, 90% of the Democratic activists were with Hillary, with a smattering for Richardson. Very few current or past elected Democrats were willing to take a chance on an African-American freshman senator with a funny name, That would not be cautious or prudent, after all.

I stuck my neck out for Obama. I did so even though I was involved in an ostensibly non-partisan city election, and my support for Obama would further antagonize the local party regulars.

But did I receive an invitation to the inaugural?

No.

Not a formal invitation to the ceremonies, or to the New England Ball.

Hell, I didn't even get one of those commemorative invitations that don't get you in to anything but look cool hanging on the wall.

Not a damn thing.

[kentauros]

1. Well, that sucks.

Do you think maybe there were disgruntled Democrats that worked behind your back to make sure you were snubbed?

Here, you need this :hug:

[SoxFan]

2. Oh, I was screwed, no doubt about it

The state director for Obama in the primary was a clown named Matt Rodriguez. Rodriguez spent most of his time trying to stay in the good graces of a handful of connected lobbyists and the state party leadership, and blatantly blew off a lot of very staunch Obama supporters in the process. If you weren't in his rolodex on day one, you never heard from him.

His political director and deputy political director were even worse. They raised incompetence and obsequiessness to an art form.

What hacks me off is that all of Hillary's state co-chairs are trotting around DC this weekend, while I am stuck at home. Worse, the woman who founded the Draft Obama Campaign back in 2006 has been stiffed as well. Again, she isn't in the good graces of the state party leadership and the Concord lobbyists, so she gets tossed under the bus.

[kentauros]

3. Maybe you should form your own "splinter group"

and win people over to your side for the next election ;)

I know it doesn't really help now, but it looks and sounds like your screwed no matter what. Might as well vent all you can and then start planning

[SoxFan]

4. Oh, they can't beat me. They try and fail.

I win election after election despite the old palooka's best efforts. In the past, I've finished ahead of the now- mayor, a former House Minority Leader, and the president of the powerful city firefighter's union in multi-seat races.

They can't beat me at the ballot box, so they play these games. Get a putz like Rodriguez to put me on the "does not play well with other children" list, and get me blackballed within the campaign (the situation did improve when the primary political team was not invited back for the general)

[kentauros]

5. If you're winning elections so often

seems like you could convince like-minded types to run and boot the real children out ;)

This also sounds a lot like Texas politics

[SoxFan]

6. It's the people with party positions

The state committee members and the lobbyists who pay their rent. They are the ones who blackball people who don't toe the line. The state party rules make it virtually impossible to dislodge these folks.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. as long as it is heat vent..

:D

really though that sucks. :hug:

[CreekDog]

8. It might have helped if you referred to this in that other ranting, cryptic thread you started

Had no idea what your frustration was in that thread, reading this, which I had to search for, at least gave me an idea of where that all came from.

[femmocrat]

9. All I got was an email, thanking me for my help.

I didn't even know I wanted one of the commemorative invitations until I heard other people got them.

:cry: