Ever been a delegate for a Republican/Democrat convention?

[senor]

That's the question, have you ever been a delegate to a national convention?

National conventions seem like a good time. Well, maybe Chicago in '68 or Carter's renomination sucked, but still, it mostly seems like a lot of laughs, a lot of cheerleading for the nominiee. Conventions are not near as good as they used to be when they were fights for nomination. They tend to be informational. That's sad.

I had a college professor state that he was a delegate and a lot of them were drinking/or drunk at prime time. Ture or not?

[bloombergforpresident]

My great uncle was a delegate (1952, 1956, 1960) and I'm sure he knew a lot of other ones, too.

[Niemeyerite]

My uncle, who's from Brasil, wasn't a delegate... but he went to GOP's Conventions in 1996, 2000 and 2008 =/
he is as conservative as a rich brazilian person can be...

[feeblepizza]

My uncle, who's from Brasil, wasn't a delegate... but he went to GOP's Conventions in 1996, 2000 and 2008 =/
he is as conservative as a rich brazilian person can be...

Good for him

And a friend's father attended the GOP Convention in 2004

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

My moms friends mother was a Humphrey delagate at the 68 convention. Im making plans to attend (hopefully) the convention in Tampa. Its going to be annoying, having to drive with my mother and grandmother over Aligator Ally however.

[Shilly]

I believe muon was.

[Niemeyerite]

My uncle, who's from Brasil, wasn't a delegate... but he went to GOP's Conventions in 1996, 2000 and 2008 =/
he is as conservative as a rich brazilian person can be...

Good for him

And a friend's father attended the GOP Convention in 2004

Bad for him But one day I'll convince him social-democracy is the best system in the world. alas, he is beggining to like Lula and Dilma.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

My moms friends mother was a Humphrey delagate at the 68 convention. Im making plans to attend (hopefully) the convention in Tampa. Its going to be annoying, having to drive with my mother and grandmother over Aligator Ally however.

I didn't know you were raised by lesbians

[J. J.]

County and congressional yes; national or state, no.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Legislative district, twice.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Came across this little gem of a thread on the 2004 Results board, altho it doesn't really belong there, so I'm moving it over to Forum Community.  By the way, I was a delegate in 1988 to the Lexington County Democratic Convention.

I caucused with the Democrats that year because I saw no major differences between Bush and Dole and no chance Robertson would get the nomination.  I was divided between supporting Gore and Gephardt at the precinct caucus.  The precinct caucus was so sparsely attended half the people there were eligible to be delegates to the the county convention, so since I willing to attend, I got selected as a undeclared delegate to the county convention.

To be honest, the main reason I had agreed at the precinct caucus to be a delegate is that it gave me an excuse to make the two and a half-hour drive to come home from college midweek and celebrate my birthday at home with my family since it was the same day.  After a birthday dinner complete with cake, I headed over to the convention, expecting it would be a two to three hour affair.  It was scheduled to start at 7pm on a Tuesday evening, but they hadn't bothered to get around to the voting by 11pm when I left.  While I did leave word of who I favored (Gore, since Gephardt had dropped out), I don't know if it affected anything since I wasn't there for the actual vote, and by then I didn't care. Went home, got a few hours sleep and then drove back to college for class the next day.  That experience was such a mess I have never bothered with party politics beyond voting in primaries since then.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

On second thought this probably belongs on Individual Politics instead of Forum Community, but it's too late for me to change it now.

[Meeker]

My father was a delegate to the Texas State Democratic Convention in 1972. McGovern for life!

[Yelnoc]

So I did a little creeping of my own, and found that muon's district is within IL-13.  And the Republican representative from IL-13 has retired, meaning the seat is open.  I say we start a draft-muon for Congress movement.  Any takers?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

So I did a little creeping of my own, and found that muon's district is within IL-13.  And the Republican representative from IL-13 has retired, meaning the seat is open.  I say we start a draft-muon for Congress movement.  Any takers?

I'm all for it. It's time to send the atlas forum to Congress!

[Grumpier Than Thou]

So I did a little creeping of my own, and found that muon's district is within IL-13.  And the Republican representative from IL-13 has retired, meaning the seat is open.  I say we start a draft-muon for Congress movement.  Any takers?

I'm all for it. It's time to send the atlas forum to Congress!

Huzzah!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

So I did a little creeping of my own, and found that muon's district is within IL-13.  And the Republican representative from IL-13 has retired, meaning the seat is open.  I say we start a draft-muon for Congress movement.  Any takers?

I'm all for it. It's time to send the atlas forum to Congress!

Huzzah!

We could have two if I can somehow convince Adam Hasner to make an account here

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

An Atlas Forum Super PAC would be interesting.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

An Atlas Forum Super PAC would be interesting.

That'd be great, but what's our cause? Sending forumites to Congress?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

An Atlas Forum Super PAC would be interesting.

That'd be great, but what's our cause? Sending forumites to Congress?

Can you think of a better one?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

An Atlas Forum Super PAC would be interesting.

That'd be great, but what's our cause? Sending forumites to Congress?

Can you think of a better one?

A noble cause it is. We'll need to get the one percenters like Torie to bankroll this thing. Maybe Winfield's family too.

[Torie]

An Atlas Forum Super PAC would be interesting.

That'd be great, but what's our cause? Sending forumites to Congress?

Can you think of a better one?

A noble cause it is. We'll need to get the one percenters like Torie to bankroll this thing. Maybe Winfield's family too.

Thank heavens for campaign finance laws. I'm limited to $2,500 in the primary, and another $2,500 in the General. But sure, I would be pleased to pony up that. Absolutely!  

IL-13 appears to have about a 2% Dem PVI. Muon2 would be perfect!

There is however one little problem.  Muon2 lives either in IL-06 or IL-14 (West Chicago is on the line).  IL-06 is the Roskam (R) CD, which he will win (GOP PVI 1.5%), and IL-14 is the  Randy Hultgren  (R) CD, which he will probably win too (GOP PVI 2%).  IL-13 in short, is far, far away, in the middle of the state. That is the bad news.

Now if Hultgren lost (Roskam is viewed as a mensch, so I don't think he is in play at all), and if  Muon2 lives in IL-14 (or moves), he could run there in 2014, and particularly if Obama wins re-election, I suspect by quite competitive there then, particularly bearing in mind that the Dem PVI's are way overstated in this area, maybe by as much as by 6 points. But that Dem point overstatement suggests that Hultgren won't be losing this year. And so it goes. 

[Yelnoc]

An Atlas Forum Super PAC would be interesting.

That'd be great, but what's our cause? Sending forumites to Congress?

Can you think of a better one?

A noble cause it is. We'll need to get the one percenters like Torie to bankroll this thing. Maybe Winfield's family too.

Thank heavens for campaign finance laws. I'm limited to $2,500 in the primary, and another $2,500 in the General. But sure, I would be pleased to pony up that. Absolutely!  

IL-13 appears to have about a 2% Dem PVI. Muon2 would be perfect!

There is however one little problem.  Muon2 lives either in IL-06 or IL-14 (West Chicago is on the line).  IL-06 is the Roskam (R) CD, which he will win (GOP PVI 1.5%), and IL-14 is the  Randy Hultgren  (R) CD, which he will probably win too (GOP PVI 2%).  IL-13 in short, is far, far away, in the middle of the state. That is the bad news.

Now if Hultgren lost (Roskam is viewed as a mensch, so I don't think he is in play at all), and if  Muon2 lives in IL-14 (or moves), he could run there in 2014, and particularly if Obama wins re-election, I suspect by quite competitive there then, particularly bearing in mind that the Dem PVI's are way overstated in this area, maybe by as much as by 6 points. But that Dem point overstatement suggests that Hultgren won't be losing this year. And so it goes. 

Ah, whoops.  I looked at the redistricted state assembly maps, and I guess the 13th (which I believe muon represented before the census) has been moved south.  I think Obama will win reelection; perhaps his coattails will be enough to unseat Hultgren.  I think we need to hear from muon on this.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I'm sure he's glad to heat some non-voting age teens that don't live in IL want him to run for Congress.