Category: SCDP
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Democrats need leadership from bottom to top
An era of prosperity ends on January 20th, replaced by an era of twitterstorms and uncertainty. To win in the future, we’ve got to organize now.
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What Now? – SCDP Edition part ∞
As you’ve probably read by now, the Shelby County Democratic Party has been decertified by the State Democratic Party. The County party organization, which has been a hot mess for nearly al of the 12 years that I’ve lived in Memphis, never truly distinguished itself as a force for anything but highlighting how not to…
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Congratulations Delegates #SCDP
The Shelby County Democratic Party held the first part of their biennial convention Saturday, and with it comes a fresh crop of delegates to the Convention on March 28th. It doesn’t matter if you’ve already picked a candidate for Executive Committee to represent your House District, or if you’ve settled on a candidate for Chair,…
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The Caucus is the first step to rebuild the party
Today, the Shelby County Democratic Party will begin the process of selecting new leadership for the next two years at its Ward and Precinct Caucus. For the first time since 2007, I won’t be there. Truth be told, I haven’t been directly involved with the County Party since I resigned my post back in January…
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Pretenders their Profits and Perils
For pretenders, the profit motive may be too attractive to turn away, but the possible penalties could put them out of business In my last post, I talked about the problems of the rogue ballots being distributed at the polls. Since that post, I’ve taken some time to search the disclosures of every Democratic candidate…
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The Shakedown
Pretenders seek to prop up the legitimacy of their product by using a variation of the Democratic Party name On Friday, Shelby County Democratic Party Chair Bryan Carson sent out a press release warning people about “Rogue Ballots”. The issue: a group, using a name similar to the name of the local Democratic Party, issuing…