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Le Gaucher

(1,547 posts) Mon May 22, 2017, 12:45 PM May 2017

We had a local Democratic Party Club picnic in my very Republican town in NJ [View all]

Just for reference - The last time we tried this a couple years ago - we had 4 people atttending it ( and 2 of them were running for town council) .

NOT THIS TIME.

We had over 40 people - not counting small kids and dogs ( Hey - dogs are people too!!)

The atmosphere was carnival like, with lots of food, animated conversations and whole lot of energy !!

Also in attendance was Linda Webber. She is making a very serious run for congress to unseat Leonard Lance

(She was on the Joy Reid Show - you can watch her at the link below)

http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/democrats-strategize-to-win-back-the-house-943640131767

I am so excited and really think we are onto something big .. Go Dems !!

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We had a local Democratic Party Club picnic in my very Republican town in NJ [View all] Le Gaucher May 2017 OP

"dogs are people too" Doreen May 2017 #1

i'm a little suspicious of poodles. mopinko May 2017 #9

Poodles yes but Afghans are sweet. Doreen May 2017 #10

pretty sure terriers would mostly be dems, but mopinko May 2017 #12

Poodles are smart bdjhawk May 2017 #14

Very good news gratuitous May 2017 #2

We have a lot more people showing up at our meetings too. progressoid May 2017 #3

Would love to get some ideas from you in terms how to engage more participation Le Gaucher May 2017 #4

grab em by the phone. mopinko May 2017 #11

get an actblue page up if you havent already. mopinko May 2017 #13

Many Democratic central committees murielm99 May 2017 #16

Good games of pan-galactic chess go on at the meetings... LanternWaste May 2017 #5

I couln't make it this weekend JustAnotherGen May 2017 #6

Are you a part of the NJ 7 forward? Le Gaucher May 2017 #7

Yeppers JustAnotherGen May 2017 #17

One day I was sitting in a courtroom with 100 other potential jurors and there is Le Gaucher May 2017 #18

Yes Go DEMS! Hayduke Bomgarte May 2017 #8

That's an encouraging sign. Thanks for sharing and welcome to DU! n/t pnwmom May 2017 #15