Liveblogging Durbin, Boxer, Carville in Dallas

[crispini]

Durbin comparing O to Kennedy
talking about how this is the hard part in the primary
callingin everyone to be involved

Boxer saying for sure W will be gone in fall
has never seen a president take us to war with no way to get out
mccain will be worse

[crispini]

1. boxer saying how glad she is to be chair of environmental committe

She says people in EPA are environental outlaws and bandits
won't come to committee meetings
they want to undo what they're supposed to be doing

Looks back at the days when we had a surplus - now we have a deficit fo two generations

Each of us has to be a one person agent of change - we need to call, blockwalk

[crispini]

2. Carville

says he would have gotten Richardson to i troduce them but he was outside pinned down by sniper fire. O.o

[WolverineDG]

8. what an asshole nt

[TexasThoughtCriminal]

10. what she said n/t

[sonias]

17. yeah

f/u Carville!

Sonia

[tbyg52]

24. Shut up and go away, Carville.

And take your wife with you.

[crispini]

3. Carville saying how great diversity of Dem party

did your party here in tx fall apart? No
we may have dispute about who all hold power but very little dispute about what they will do with it

We're going to carry this process through

In he end this party will be united

[PDittie]

21. Excuse me, Jim

Our party here in Texas DID fall apart during the Clinton years, beginning in 1994 when Newt and the Contract swept into DC, and the last remaining Democrat statewide got swept out.

There haven't been any elected since.

Bill Clinton and the DLC made it all about him, shafting Democrats in Congress. The legislative wipeouts in in the Nineties were historical, and bad across in the country. They even focused more on Hillary's run for the Senate in 2000 rather than Al Gore's run for the presidency. Texas has taken it in the ear since that time as first Dick Armey and Tom DeLay tubed Jim Wright and established themselves as the Washington power center, while the Texas House and Senate turned crimson red and Tom Craddick modeled his own version of DeLay in Austin.

A succession of state party leaders, from Bill White to Molly Beth to Soechting and yes, all the way to Boyd, have "led" a state machine devoid of money, energy, and enthusiasm up to now. The "Dream Team" in 2002, made up of establishment candidates who fortunately could self-fund, was just another washout. In 2006 they took credit for a handful of seats in the Lege as 'tremendous victories' while abandoning any pretense of support for the most progressive -- the most populist -- group of candidates comprising a statewide ticket Texas has ever seen.

Of course they were no match for the well-heeled neocons and fascists -- from Kay Bailey to Dewhurst to Abbott -- who had millions in corporate largess compared to our one sugar daddy, Fred Baron. And true to form the TDP still made excuses for being broke by blaming the grassroots activists for not buying sustaining memberships.

Now just as the darkness is beginning to break and the long deep freeze of conservatism is beginning to thaw, here come the Clintons, threatening to fuck it up all over again.

Well, NOT THIS TIME. Thanks but no thanks, Bill and Hill. You can go away now.

[crispini]

22. .

:thumbsup:

[crispini]

4. Carville saying we all are going to unite in November

[crispini]

5. Q about Tx senate candidate Noriega

durbin - need to get to 60 in senate
CO, nm, vi are targeted races
says Noriega has an uphill battle
we'll be watching the race there

Boxer - presidential year works in our favor
need to work downballot this year

[crispini]

6. Durbin on the unitary executive and signing statements

There are more hearings taking place now than under Rs.
Comgress must right that balance

[crispini]

7. boxer says we should recind all exec orders in first 30 days of new pres nt

[crispini]

9. durbin praising boxer on her work on environment

says the problems facing our families start with economics

Q: how are you going to end Iraq

Boxer
both candidates have pledged to bring them home in a year
we need to change the mission
training, etc - get them out
Mccain will bring us a war wiithout end
will continue the arrogance of current admin
must vote dem in fall to end it

[crispini]

11. Q on terror

durbin-
nobody will forget 9 11
we have to take it seriously
voted for afgan war to go after terrorists
9 11 commission made recommendations but R congress would not pass it. Ds passed it
need to focus on real cause not Iraq

[crispini]

12. Q on fair elections now act

durbin has introduced this bill for campaign public financing
elevate the needs of the people above the needs of the special interests

[crispini]

13. Q on NCLB

teacher wants it THROW OUT!!!1

Boxer - its dead - we will focus on resouces for out kids
afterschool programs
bush vetoed everything we tried to do

[crispini]

14. Q for carville

what would be best advice to new candidates?
C- candidates should ask the questions: are things working the way they should be?
people want change
lots of republicans not running again

TX dems have never lost faith

[crispini]

15. Q on filibuster

had 62 last year, more than in history
only way to stop is to get 60 dems
all of these were just to stop change

[crispini]

16. and we're done! That was short!

[MagickMuffin]

18. Thx for the LIVE blogging, excellent job, crispini ;=D

It amazes me that sooo many democrats are claiming they won't vote at all in the GE, because the campaign has become so nasty.

I've heard DUers saying this, "I will NOT vote for Obama." "I will NOT vote for Clinton." "I WILL vote for McCain." "I WILL stay home."

How can they honestly make such claims when so much is at stake?.?.?

Do they honestly believe McCaineyBush will be the best choice for America?.?.?

The Supreme Court MATTERS.

The down ticket House and Senate seats MATTERS.

Even if we lose the White House having a Democratic Congress will hamper McCaineyBush's control somewhat to a minimum.

Thank you for going:hi:

[sonias]

19. I'm voting for the nominee MM

But I can still say F/U to Carville because he is an asshat. And he's not helping unite us. We have to vote big in November.

We can not have another four years of bush - McCain is Bush all over again. He's John "W" McCain.

:hi:


Sonia

[MagickMuffin]

20. I will also be voting for everyone who has a D after their name in Nov.

I may not be happy about it if my candidate isn't the nominee, but I will do my part, whatever it takes, to take back America.

I haven't liked Carville from his partnership with his disgusting wife:puke:

Talk about sleeping with the enemy. I haven't trusted him at all after their holey union.

:hi:

[crispini]

23. Agree!

To both points! :D