Breakfast and canvass with Chairman Dean (Portland, Maine)

[MaineDem]

SAVE THE DATE: Oct. 9th Breakfast with Howard Dean!


On the morning of Monday October 9th, Governor Howard Dean will join Governor John Baldacci, Congressmen Tom Allen and Mike Michaud, US Senate Candidate Jean Hay Bright and Invest in Blue members at the Italian Heritage Center. The invest in blue program is all about building a sustaining base of long term support for the Maine Democratic Party. To learn more about Invest in Blue and how to get involved, click here . If you have questions, call Jeff Fetterer 622-6233 x117 or e-mail [e-mail]



Come Canvass with DNC Chairman Howard Dean!


Governor Dean understands the importance of grassroots activism to the Democratic Party. That’s why he has committed to help us canvass Portland. On Monday October 9th, Dean will meet with volunteers at our Portland office to kick off the canvsss. Then, Dean will join local candidates, volunteers and elected officials in a city wide canvass of Portland.

Please join Howard Dean in a canvass in Portland, October 9th at 9:30. To get involved and to learn more e-mail Kate Byrne [e-mail] or call her at 772-2006.

[Greeby]

1. I was beginning to think the party had forgotten about Jean Hay Bright

http://www.jeanhaybright.us/

Which would be a shame, condsidering her platform

[madfloridian]

2. She has praised the DNC state effort on this.

I have posted it before where she said they were supporting her. The DSCC is where she should have a gripe.

[MaineDem]

3. We all have a gripe with the DSCC

And Emily's List...

I just got a request from the DSCC and I'll be damned if I'll give to other Senate candidates when they aren't giving a cent to Jean.

[SDDEM06]

4. Don't forget EMILY's List...

"That girls' group with the funny name." -- Toby Ziegler

There are a few other organizations who will not get involved because they don't want to piss off Olympia.

[madfloridian]

5. I found what she said about the DNC's help.

"The Maine Democratic Party is fully behind this campaign. In fact, the Maine Democratic State Committee in August passed a resolution in support of the campaign, as a signal to the Washington groups that they should get on board.

The Hay Bright campaign is a full participant in Maine's Democratic Coordinated Campaign, which is being staffed and funded in large part by the Democratic National Committee. Under the leadership of Howard Dean, the DNC is providing staff help directly to all 50 state Democratic committees, including staffing in Maine.

We are also working closely with the Baldacci, Allen and Michaud campaign teams. We are working with all the county and town committees, and with all the candidates for state house and county offices.

But it's true, some national Democratic and progressive organizations that should be in our camp have not been very helpful or forthcoming.

For instance, we are getting no support from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), which is a separate operation from the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The DSCC is raising money in Maine for its own purposes, but, despite the organization's stated goal of helping to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate, and despite crowing about raising more money than its Republican counterpart, has told us outright it will do nothing to help our campaign."

http://www.jeanhaybright.us/blog.html#Sep3