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Post by GoreSupporterNJ on Feb 26, 2004 20:50:13 GMT -5
Mario Cuomo was a Gore supporter and was urging him to run before he endorsed Dean. As an ex-Governor, is he a superdelegate? Is anyone writing to him? Just want to make sure we get Gore's known supporters in the loop. >> The superdelegate contingent is made up of the entire Democratic National Committee, all Democratic members of the Senate and House of Representatives, Governors of states and territories, the Mayor of Washington D.C., and 21 "distinguished Party Leaders" who include former presidents, vice presidents, and former chairmen of the national committee. As a former Governor I don't think Cuomo is a superdelegate. Jan
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Post by GoreSupporterNJ on Feb 26, 2004 21:09:35 GMT -5
Ok, now I have a question. I read an article that stated that state reps were superdelegates. However, I just read the greenpapers site and there was no mention of them as superdelgates. Can someone please help me corroborate if this is the case or not before we all get too deep into this? Thanks, Jan
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Post by GoreSupporterNJ on Feb 26, 2004 21:52:21 GMT -5
Well, based on information from Earthmother, and also from info I read on the green papers site, it looks as though state reps are assigned as delegates, so we will not be sending letters to them now. We will now focus on DNC members, Ex presidents, Vps, and other party leaders. Jan
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Post by earthmother on Feb 27, 2004 14:22:40 GMT -5
Someone needs to write to Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale. As former president and VP, they're superdelegates, right?
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Post by GoreSupporterNJ on Feb 27, 2004 14:33:58 GMT -5
Someone needs to write to Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale. As former president and VP, they're superdelegates, right? I think I posted here already that I did write to them. Do you want to write to President Clinton? You can if you want to. We also have to send the letter to the Mayor of Washington DC.I don't know if any other mayors are superdelegates, but that is something we could also look at. Jan
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Post by earthmother on Feb 27, 2004 14:37:49 GMT -5
Okay, about Carter/Mondale . . . but Clinton? And don't you think Clinton kind of demands a special letter? I don't know, his relationship with Al became very strained, and we'd have to word this carefully. I think anything we'd write to Clinton needs to have several pairs of eyes on it before mailing. Who wants to volunteer to write the rough draft?
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Post by GoreSupporterNJ on Feb 28, 2004 14:53:01 GMT -5
Okay, about Carter/Mondale . . . but Clinton? And don't you think Clinton kind of demands a special letter? I don't know, his relationship with Al became very strained, and we'd have to word this carefully. I think anything we'd write to Clinton needs to have several pairs of eyes on it before mailing. Who wants to volunteer to write the rough draft? Word it carefully? I don't know. I don't see why the letter we wrote to every other superdelegate isn't good enough in this case as well. You would think President Clinton could look beyond any strained relationship there may have been and put his country first. He knows the credentials of the man he chose to be his running mate. I have to say that was really one of the most intelligent things he ever did ;-). However, if you think his letter deserves to be worded differently, I could try. Jan
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Post by GoreSupporterNJ on Feb 28, 2004 15:02:01 GMT -5
After going over all we did, I do not notice that anyone did letters F, K, or L. If someone did them please let me know. We have people who want to help, so if these letters were not done they could do them. I also mailed out all mine today. All 105 of them. Whew! It was very crowded in the post office this morning, and while putting the stamps on them people were watching me separate them all out on the the table and put stamps on them. I even caught someone looking over my shoulder, and when I turned around, they smiled at me. I asked them if they were voting in the primary in June, and they said yes. I then told them they could write Al Gore in, and they said they would think about it! I know others saw the Patriots For Gore on the return address too. That's because I made sure they did, devil that I am. Jan
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Post by earthmother on Feb 28, 2004 17:31:37 GMT -5
Maybe we should've called ourselves Little Devils for Gore? But seriously, folks. To answer your question, Jan. I did PQRS for the superdelegates, and not the other letters you asked about. PQRS are done, so unless someone figures out how to contact the DNC members, I can do more, too. Just let me know.
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Post by GoreSupporterNJ on Mar 2, 2004 7:46:16 GMT -5
To follow up on delegate letters: All who worked on these letters, please either mail me or send me a private message to let me know how many letters you sent so I can tally up the total so far. I also would suggest you look up the state Democratic party for all the states you covered for letters to get names of state party chairs. You can also contact them and ask about other chairs who might be superdelegates, or find out through them if there is a way to get a listing of DNC members who are superdelegates for that state. I am also crafting a special letter to send out to President Clinton, President Carter, and VP Mondale. I again am still undecided as to whether I will send one to Mr. Gore. However, he is a superdelegate, and therefore I believe he should receive one as well. Give me some feedback on this please. I was also going to send the letter that was already written to President Carter, but this man is very special and I believe also deserves a special letter. I should have that done by week's end, and if anyone checks with the states' parties and gathers any useful info on superdelegates, please post it here for all of those who are helping with this. Oh, and I will also check to see if anyone at the DLC is also a superdelegate. If so, they would also get a "special" letter. One more thing: We need to check to see if any other Mayors besides the Mayor of Washington DC is one as well. Thanks, Jan
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Post by GoreSupporterNJ on Mar 2, 2004 7:51:27 GMT -5
OK, sorry, one more thing. Please keep contact information for the reps in those states you did as we will be following up on this. I intend to send another letter before the convention to all superdelegates, and we also need to follow up in about a week to two weeks time to ask if our original letter was received. If anyone says no, then you would send them another one. Let's keep our fingers crossed about today. I however, have a feeling the fix is in. I hope not, and hope to see Kucinich and Edwards pick up some delegates today. Perhaps even Sharpton as New York's primary is also today. Who knows, some may write Mr. Gore's name in in RI anyway. I'm still going to check on that as well.
Jan
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Post by GoreSupporterNJ on Mar 2, 2004 11:51:19 GMT -5
Here is a question I have that perhaps someone can find the answer for: We have a couple of Independent representatives in Congress (Jim Jeffords, Bernie Sanders), and I was wondering if sending a letter to them would be worth it. I don't know how they are allowed to vote their delegates, or if they do at the convention, but I think it might be worth a try. Jan
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Post by earthmother on Mar 2, 2004 12:20:55 GMT -5
I doubt Independents would be delegates at the convention. After all, which convention would they vote in--Democrat or Republican? Since they are affiliated with neither party, I don't believe they'd be able to vote in either convention.
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Post by GoreSupporterNJ on Mar 2, 2004 13:28:55 GMT -5
I doubt Independents would be delegates at the convention. After all, which convention would they vote in--Democrat or Republican? Since they are affiliated with neither party, I don't believe they'd be able to vote in either convention. I'm sorry, I didn't mean Independents as delegates, I meant Rep Jeffords and Rep Sanders themselves as superdelegates. Do they vote at all? Jan
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Post by GoreSupporterNJ on Mar 3, 2004 10:15:04 GMT -5
Just a reminder: We are continuing on. Kerry's rise will do nothing to stop this PAC. For him to think to claim this nomination this early, is truly unfair to the American people. Please remember to check up on those letters you mailed within the next week. I intend to send another letter, and to also keep calling and e-mailing over the next couple of months. I will also be looking into getting info on other superdelegates, and anyone else interested in doing that can check with the state parties of the states they sent letters to.
Thanks, Jan
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