Washington State Democratic Chairs Organization

Do you watch TV? Sure you do.

Maybe not a lot of TV, but if you watch any primetime news coverage this week, you'll see political ads asking viewers to call Congressman Adam Smith.

Congressman Smith is one of our Democratic votes for Health Care Reform - the National Chamber of Congress is trying to change that!

Estimado Demócrata,

Cada dos años, el Estado de Washington, los Demócratas asambleas de acogida y convenciones. Quiero invitarlos a participar en estos eventos, que desempeñan un papel importante en la definición y construcción del Partido Demócrata.

This is a message from US Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) that we thought some people in Washington would agree with. If you do, please sign his petition!

The American people are sick of process blocking progress. They're fed up with an arbitrary tradition that allows a minority of Senators to prevent popular, much-needed legislation from even coming to a vote.

Frankly, so am I.

The Washington State Democrats held a PCO/Party Activist Training in Lacey, WA, just prior to our annual Crab Feed. Training materials from this event are now available on our Ning Site!

If you are already a member of the Ning Site, you can find the materials in the forum, or by clicking this link. If you are not a member and want to be, please send an e-mail to Party Affairs Coordinator Greg Haffner at gregh@wa-democrats.org.

Jaxon Ravens

Executive Director
Washington State Democrats
P.O. Box 4027

Today, at 5:45 p.m. Eastern Time, Organizing for America is hosting a "Conversation with the President" -- and you won't want to miss it.

President Obama will talk about fighting for change in 2010, and then answer questions from grassroots supporters like you.

You can watch a webcast of the event starting at 5:45 p.m. Eastern Time:

http://my.barackobama.com/Conversation

Dear Party Leader,

There have been some questions about the timing of County and Legislative District Nomination Conventions in the coming year. The Rules for the Selection of Democratic Candidates and Nominees for Public Office approved on September 26, 2009 state the following.

A. Nomination Process

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From: Dwight Pelz
Date: Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Subject: sad news

We lost a great Democrat, a great liberal, and a great friend over the weekend. Our dear colleague Bill McCaw passed away.

In my mind Bill characterized all that is good with our party. He fought with passion and good humor, and always with a twinkle in his eye. He will be missed.

Dwight Pelz

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In response to an article in the Seattle Times, Dwight asked Susan Sheary from the King County Democrats to have a resolution drafted that could be considered at the January WSDCC meeting. She passed on the request to the LD Chairs in King County, and I passed it on to Sarajane Siegfriedt from our Legislative Action Committee.

The following resolution is what she originally drafted:

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RESOLUTION ON RAISING STATE REVENUES TO AVOID DEVASTATING CUTS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES

From WSDCC Chair Dwight Pelz:

Robert Kuttner has written a piece for The American Prospect praising Maria Cantwell's work on legislation that would effectively regulate Wall Street. She is fighting to secure fundamental reforms of the financial system, including regulation of credit-default swaps and derivatives.