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Debu & Catherine's Blog
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August 28th, 2008
Convention Day 4 – We did not have a sponsor this morning so breakfast was oatmeal, bran muffins, and fruit. We did have a wonderful speaker.
His name is James Anthony Messina (as his mom calls him when she is annoyed), a graduate of Boise high school and Montana State University, who is the chief of staff for the Obama campaign. He said he is so busy he had to leave his dog home with his mom in Nampa, Idaho. He has served on the staff of several politicians and said his job interview with Obama was very revealing about who Barak Obama is. Obama called him by the way – anyway – Obama asked two things of him: 1) I want complete loyalty, no leaks to the press, and 2) I want you to treat your staff like family. If I hear your are kicking them around, you will hear from me.
He told us a 250 page platform book is coming out the day after the Republican convention and the pre-orders are for 300,000 books. Previously the largest selling political book was Bill Clinton’s platform book, which sold 162,000 copies. People are so excited about this campaign that all kinds of wonderful and crazy things are happening – 20 year olds, who are computer and technology savvy are flocking to help raise money and get the message out. Polls, which say Obama is down in the polls are missing all the young people with cell phones – they only call people with land lines – so there are a lot of people out there working on this campaign that traditional polling doesn’t count.
The Fashion Industry is doing a runway show for Obama (Obama fashions?); The Grateful Dead are getting together and coming out of retirement for Obama!
Pay equity for men and women is one of the biggest issues in this campaign since there are so may families where both spouses work – sometimes more than one job each.
Since the Republicans cannot win on issues, their only fall back is to try and smear Obama and scare people. However, a lot of people (particularly young and middle aged people) see through this. The day the McCain campaign came out with their advertisement featuring Brittany Speers and Paris Hilton was the Obama campaign’s biggest fund raising day on the internet so far. People were just mad. They said ‘Enough!” and the money poured in.
He also told us the Clintons are being wonderful; it was their idea to have Hillary come down to the floor of the convention to call for Obama’s nomination by acclimation. Her schedule, campaigning for Obama for the next 2 months, is hectic and she called to ask for more campaign days.
He also said people in the military are sick of how the war is being mishandled and expect John McCain (even though he is military) to do the same. There will be 20 generals on the stage today with Obama – some of them lifelong republicans. Quite amazing!
He said our biggest challenge is getting people registered to vote and getting them to the polls and “We already have lawyers on the ground in every state to watch over the voting process so we don’t have a repeat of the 2004 Florida and Ohio debacles in this election.”
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Convention day 3 started with the requisite breakfast meeting (scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, French toast, fruit, juice, etc.) sponsored by Gregg Carr of Idaho Falls, Boston, and Mozambique, Africa. The Carr gallery in the Colonial Theater in Idaho Falls is named for him. He is a nice young man – with a lot of money – and a wonderful vision for restoring the environment. He gave us a presentation on the environmental work he is doing in Mozambique and talked to us about environmental issues. Because he and other supporters were with us this morning, there were no left over guest tickets for the Pepsi Center. But Catherine was happy with a ticket to the Watch Party in the Wells Fargo Theater because it leaves her a little free time to wander around the city while Debu and the other delegates had to be in the Pepsi center early for the floor vote for nomination.
A note on logistics – the city is swarming with police in riot gear, and on horseback – brought in from all over the state – to police the city, and all access points to convention activities. Getting into any of the Convention venues involves showing your credentials, or invitation, and going through an ‘airport’ type security setup.
There are perimeter barriers everywhere and many closed off streets. There are hundreds of buses and their drivers that have been brought in from surrounding cities and communities to ferry the conventioneers around as efficiently as possible. The city is clean as a whistle (except for a little horse poop) and the people are amazingly friendly. The downtown is vibrant with history, cultural activities, shops and restaurants. A great place to be.
After breakfast Catherine finally got time to write (writing time is limited around here – we are either busy or exhausted and sleeping) while Debu went to work on a DNC sponsored service project. Finally around noon we went to the city to the Convention Center, where Catherine took pictures of the gigantic blue bear sculpture that is peering in the windows of the convention center from the sidewalk outside (standing on his hind legs, he is about 3 stories tall). Debu went off to the meeting for state delegations that had met the “Green Challenge.”
Catherine strolled up 16th street to find the ‘restaurant’ that Joe Biden had stopped at for bar-b-que on Monday. It turned out to be a ‘stand’ – like a hot dog stand – but the pulled pork sandwich and southern style sweet iced tea were great. She shared a public picnic table with a couple from California who had come to be a part of history – just to be in the city when Obama is nominated.
On the way back to the convention center, Catherine passed the Hari Krishnas singing rather demurely and quietly to themselves, the ‘come to Jesus’ demonstrators waving signs and yelling something about hell, the anti-war demonstrators yelling about another kind of hell, the anti-abortion demonstrators (yet another type of hell), the anti-meat demonstrators (dressed as piggys), the Falun Gong (meditating on the sidewalk), and the right-wing-“deprogrammers” offering dunce caps for republicans who still believe George Bush. A wonderful circus. The demonstrations were not big but numerous. The large police presence may have something to do with the small turnout for these demonstrations.
On to the Convention – Around 3 PM they started calling on the states alphabetically getting their delegate count for each candidate (Clinton or Obama). This was interesting because the spokesman for each state told us why their great state was famous (Maryland! The birthplace of Nancy Pelosi and the Star Spangled Banner; Hawaii, birthplace of the next US president!). They then went on to tell their delegate vote count (Nebraska! Home of the Corn Huskers, casts 3 votes for Clinton and 28 for Obama! New Jersey! The garden state, home of the most progressive people in the nation, . . . where the citizens sometimes have an attitude, cast all 127 votes for Obama!; Idaho, the Gem state, the birth place of Saca Jeweya, home of the Coeur d’Alene, Nez Pierce, Paiute, and Sho-Ban tribes casts 3 votes for Clinton and 17 votes for Obama. This went on for a while, with Obama leading Clinton by about 5 to one, until they got to Illinois. Illinois passed. What? We all started to wonder about what that meant.
Other states gave their votes, then New Mexico, after a long spiel about how great the Land of Enchantment is, said they yield to Illinois, who, after a long description of their wonderful state, said they yield to New York. The suspense and excitement was really intense. New York did an even longer spiel before Hillary Clinton came to the microphone and made a motion to suspend the rules and make Obama the nominee by acclamation. People shouted, cried, and danced in the aisles. Nancy Pelosi came to the microphone and shouted out “a motion has been made to suspend the rules . . . do I hear a second?” The delegates roared its approval and the motion passed – followed by more dancing in the aisles, tears, people embracing, and general expressions of Joy.
Later, when President Clinton spoke, he cemented the good feeling that had been engendered by Hillary. He recalled that others had said he (Bill) was too young to be president but they were wrong then and the naysayers are wrong now – “Barak Obama is ready to be president.” He said “Our nation is in trouble” and it is clearly the job of the next president to fix things. He said we move nations “by the power of our example rather than the example of our power.” “And what example have the republicans given us?” A very powerful speech that moved the crowd – people jumped to their feet and cheered repeatedly.
We were moved by John Kerry’s words – “That flag does not belong to any party – it belongs to all of us.” And he asked with great feeling how anyone would dare question Obama’s patriotism because he disagreed with bad policy. “My country right or wrong - fine - but when my country is wrong, we have to make it right!”
Joe Biden’s life story and the introduction by his son Beau was one of the highlights of the evening. His speech reiterated what went before – he said “this country needs more than a good soldier” (McCain), “we need a wise leader” (Obama). He repeatedly used the phrase “Do you want change or more of the same?” was a phrase that was used by Al Gore (according to some pundits) in 1992 – but it is just as good a campaign phrase now as it was then.
When Obama came on stage everyone went nuts – and his remarks, complementing Biden, and the Clintons seemed to bring it all together. Democratic love fest followed.
Catherine Majumdar
August 26, 2008
Tuesday - Day 2 of the convention was pretty exciting for Catherine, since she got a guest pass to into the convention in Pepsi Center. Guests get to sit up in the galleries – above the news booths - and seats are precious – get out of your seat without leaving a bag or a coat (and a friend to guard them) and that seat will be gone when you return. Every once in a while a delegate would come up and switch credentials with the guests so we could go down on the floor of the convention and experience the excitement and energy of the 4,000+ delegates.
Surrounding the hall, between the seating for delegates and the guest areas, were news booths of all major news organizations: BBC, PBS, C-Span, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Al Jazeera, CNN, and a few that were too far away across the vast arena to read the signs (the bigger news orgs had big signs).
At first, when the convention convenes at 3 PM, the convention floor has a lot of empty seats, while the peanut gallery (guest area) fills up. The delegates don’t have to worry about saving their seats; the major speeches or votes will not happen till later. Lesser lights have their day on the podium and you can tell where they are from (even if you didn’t see the huge announcement board) because that person’s state delegates will come to their seats to hear the speech.
Of course, everyone arrives after lunch and before dinner – so no one eats unless you want to spend $6.50 on a hot dog. Everyone stays hungry or munches on candy through the whole evening – until they get back to the hotel at 10:30 PM (we packed almonds and energy bars).
Things started to get interesting when Dennis Kucinich gave a rousing speech in which he called out to America to WAKE UP.
“Wake Up America! In 2001, the oil companies, the war contractors and the neo-con artists seized the economy and have added $4 trillion of unproductive spending to the national debt. We now pay four times more for defense, three times more for gasoline and home heating oil, and twice what we paid for health care. . . . The insurance companies took over health care. Wake up, America! The pharmaceutical companies took over drug pricing. Wake up, America! The speculators took over Wall Street. Wake up, America. They want to take your Social Security. Wake up, America.”
Mr. Kucinich electrified the audience – and got rousing cheers.
The Keynote speech, given by former Virginia Governor Mark Warner, was about the failing economy and failing policies on all fronts would threaten the prosperity of future generations – since McCain thinks the Bush policies are good, we will get four more years of the last eight. He said the United States is at a “critical juncture” where it can either choose to embrace new leadership that will put the country on sure footing as it competes with emerging global markets or it can sit on the sidelines. He talked about other countries gearing up to compete with investments in education and high speed internet (something John McCain is unfamiliar with) while the current administration (and McCain, going by his 95% vote record of going along with the administration), put up road blocks to progress. “The race for the future is on,” he said. “We have one shot to get it right. And the status quo just won’t cut it.”
There was a lot of discussion in all the speeches about economy, environment, AND women’s rights. Many speakers talked about how a democratic administration, led by Obama, will stand up for women and minority rights. Of course this was to make the Hillary supporters in the crowd aware that they would not be abandoned just because Hillary wasn’t the nominee.
A Mrs. Ledbetter, from Atlanta, who had been in a legal dispute with the Good Year Tire company over equal pay for women, gave an impassioned speech for Obama and the Democratic Party. Her case went all the way to the Supreme Court, where she lost because she “should have filed a complaint within 6 months of first being paid unequally” – a fact she wasn’t aware of until years afterward. She said a law was written to prevent such a travesty in the future but was stymied in the senate by the republicans – and she wanted to see change so that we have an administration (and senators) who fight for its least privileged citizens rather than against them.
The most energized speaker of the night (before Mrs. Clinton) was the Governor of Montana, Brian Schweitzer who said:
“Right now, the United States imports about 70 percent of its oil from overseas. At the same time, billions of dollars that we spend on all that foreign oil seems to end up in the bank accounts of those around the world who are openly hostile to American values and our way of life. . . . After eight years of a White House waiting hand and foot on big oil, John McCain offers more of the same. At a time of skyrocketing fuel prices, when American families are struggling to keep their gas tanks full, John McCain voted 25 times against renewable and alternative energy. Against clean biofuels. Against solar power. Against wind energy. . . .At a time when America should be working harder than ever to develop new, clean sources, John McCain wants more of the same and has taken more than a million dollars in campaign donations from the oil and gas industry. Now he wants to give the oil companies another 4 billion dollars in tax breaks. Four billion in tax breaks for big oil? That’s a lot of change, but it’s not the change we need.”
Fashion note from the Convention Floor: A Texan Hillary supporter with a red cowgirl hat topped with a full porcelain bathroom suite – tub (with shower), sink, and toilet. A mystery to me.
Mrs. Clinton’s speech, which was broadcast everywhere, was wonderful – and not so wonderful. She urged her supporters to consider the choices before them – four more years of dysfunction in government and privileges for the wealthiest Americans, and social security put at risk with McCain, or a democratic administration in which health care reform for every citizen, investment in our future through education and clean energy, and putting America back to work, and keeping families in their homes will be priorities. She supported Obama and urged her supporters to do the same, but she didn’t ask them to call off the floor vote on Wednesday. The DNC handed out Hillary signs for us to wave at her so she would feel loved. We would love her more if she had called off that floor vote. Any democrat who thinks they will “show us” by voting for McCain is shooting herself in the foot (the recalcitrant are mostly white women). She said the choice was clear – either support Obama or turn your backs on everything she fought for. So that was good. She made the choice clear.
Catherine Majumdar
Monday, August 25, 2008
The day started with a 7:30 AM breakfast meeting for Idaho delegates, where we heard speeches, the delegates were handed their credentials for the day, and a lottery was held to hand out the few guest passes to the convention that were allotted to us (our delegation got 7 guest passes for the convention but most of our 23 delegates had brought spouses or friends or children with them – that is why the lottery). I got a pass to the “Watch Party” which was held in the Wells Fargo Theater (in the Denver Convention Center) several blocks away from the actual convention in the Pepsi center.
Once the meeting was over we went into the city on the (very excellent) light rail system to the Denver Convention center. First Stop was for Debu to have his picture taken for an “art project” sponsored by the DNC. They photographed 125 delegates (out of more than 4,000) to capture the spirit of the convention and the diversity of the Democratic Party. I don’t know where these photos will eventually end up, but right now Debu’s picture is prominently displayed in the Denver Convention center.
Then we went to the “Senior Caucus” where we heard FDR’s grandson talk about the Republican Party’s plans for social security (get rid of it/privatize it) while we ate a free box lunch (roast beef sandwich, chips, cookie, and an apple). Mr. Roosevelt said the Republicans wanted to balance the budget by only getting rid of those programs that actually help people. He has a suspicion that the Republicans have run up a huge debt purposely, so they can privatize the social security system and downsize medicare.
After this we strolled around the convention center looking at the offerings of various vendors (t-shirts, buttons, donkey cookie cutters, etc.). We passed a display of presidential memorabilia that was offered for sale by a company that deals in autographs. They had a letter signed by Abraham Lincoln that was only $39,000. One of the cheaper items was an autographed photo of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt - $12,000. They also had free post card copies of this item – I noticed that Eleanor was knitting – so I snagged a few for my knitting friends.
It was getting close to 1:30 PM by this time so Debu left for the Pepsi center and I walked up to 16th street – a pedestrian mall – to see what was to be seen. Mostly demonstrations by Right to Life groups, Get It On! (a safe sex promotion group) and about 30 angry women marching for Hillary Clinton. The riot police were out in full force (helmets, horses, everything – but no riot). After a while I moseyed over to the IALI (Indian American Leadership Initiative) reception that Debu had been invited to but we didn’t think he would be able to attend. This was held in the Denver Athletic club – a very fancy place indeed – sort of like the Apple Athletic club at home but on steroids and champagne. The meeting was interesting because most of the people were the children of immigrants (born here) and I only saw one woman in Indian dress – an older lady in a salwar – and a few men in turbans. They were very business-like and talked about getting people elected in the Midwest and California, etc. Many Indians are republicans (they all expect to be millionaires – probably with good cause) so this was news to me that there were any democrats among the Indian people here. I asked some folks about his and they said they were kind of amazed too because there were a lot of crossover people in the room. However they had a whole book full of prominent Indian Democrats. One of the speakers emphasized that Barak Obama’s story was the Indian American Story – a foreign student father who came here to study, whose son strove to achieve. “We have a lot in common with Barak Obama.” There was food here too – which looked sort of Indian (and they labeled everything with Indian names) but did not taste Indian at all – made by a local caterer but not an Indian caterer - Very clean and wholesome but boring food. I left a little before Debu was able to get away from the convention and
come over, so we missed each other.
Then it was time for me to find the “Watch Party” so I walked back to the Denver Convention Center. I expected this to be boring – speechifying till we would all be blue in the face but it was very exciting and the Watch Party crowd was energized and excited. There were 4 big screens so we could see what was going on at the Pepsi Center. I kept thinking I would leave and go back to the hotel, but the speeches kept getting better and better. Nancy Pelosi was the first speaker I heard – and she told us she was not only the first female speaker of the house – she was the first Italian-American speaker of the house – and I said to myself, Yay for Italian American WOMEN. Obama’s sister made a great impression on the crowd – all the ladies sitting around me started talking to each other at this point. I was sitting next to a lady from Holland who came here 19 years ago as a rock and roll singer, 2 black ladies (teachers) were in front of me, and some “vanilla types” were on my other side. Everyone was impressed with Obama’s sister, the History teacher from Hawaii.
Jesse Jackson, Jr.’s speech was met by lots of cheers, especially the “we rise and fall as one people, one nation” phrase. The speeches kept getting better. Caroline Kennedy’s tribute to her uncle Teddy was met with admiration for her poise and the crowd’s affection for her and ol’ “uncle teddy.” When Teddy Kennedy came on the stage we were all surprised because we had been told he was too sick to come. But he looked good. People cheered for him when he ended his speech with the words, “The dream lives on.”
Jim Leech of Iowa, a Republican member of Congress, gave a talk about why he is for Barak, saying that “in troubled times, country comes before party – this is not a time for politics as usual” and decried the horrors the current Republican leadership has visited upon this country. He called Obama a transcending candidate.
Claire McCaskill, Senator from Missouri, talked about American Stories (poor people working their way up – her and her husband’s families, Michelle Obama and Barak’s families) got rousing cheers from the audience. Explained how the families that Barak and Michelle grew up in had traditional American values and dreams – and realized those dreams through hard work.
Craig Robinson, older brother of Michele Obama, is a basketball coach and he explained Barak in terms of basketball – “he is competent, a team player, will take a shot when there is an opening, he improves the players around him, and he won’t back down from a challenge.” He then introduced Michelle – whose talk was amazing – such a well spoken woman who said something that really touched me – that her children are the first thing she thinks about every morning and the last thing she thinks about every night – just like me. People at the watch party cheered for her like she was in the room with us and they stood up as if she could see us.
At the actual convention, Debu got to shake hands with Caroline Kennedy and have his picture taken with Dan Rather. Idaho was supposed to be front and center on the convention floor (because of the amazing turnout Obama got in Boise) but got displaced by Delaware because of Joe Biden. Debu also had to sign his name to nominate Obama and Biden.
Slightly more than half the delegates were women – the racial mix was great – people of every color were there - Native Americans, Asians, blacks, whites, and Latinos.
Catherine Majumdar
This is some more comments/reflections from Debu:
Monday, Aug 25, 2008
First day of the convention! The most important thing I did today as a delegate was signing two petitions: one for nominating Senator Barack Obama to be the Presidential candidate and the other for Joe Biden to be the Vice-Presidential candidate. We had to make a choice because there was also a page to nominate Senator Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton is alive and well among many delegates! The emotions are still strong. One delegate from Texas told me that she has 50% of the pledged delegates, and if the super-delegates vote for her, she could win. And why she shouldn’t be on the ballot? Then he informed me that although he is supporting a local candidate who is an Obama supporter, he knows several in Texas who would stay away from voting if Obama is our candidate. The wounds are deep and I hope they heal at the end of the convention.
When you see the convention proceedings on TV, I am one of those delegates waving the signs. We are at the back row of the convention floor, on the upper part, below the sign for the ABC news. Look for the Idaho sign; maybe you can see a micro-glimpse of Idaho delegates. We are all happy to be the audience. “They also serve who stand and wait.” – J. Milton.
Among today’s speeches, two persons got the most attention in the convention hall: Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama. I am sure you have heard what they said. Kennedy stood out as an elder statesman who said, “no matter what, I shall be there on the Congress floor in January” when Barack will be inaugurated. In spite of his cancer, I believe, his spirit raised the spirits of all Democrats everywhere. Michelle’s talked of how she grew up, her family’s values of hard work, and how she met Barak. She also spoke of how, right from the beginning, Barack’s ideals were based on high principles. He wants a life for all Americans that is achievable, not what is merely practical.
Catherine and I attended the caucus “Seniors for Obama.” The panel dealt with Social Security and Medicare. Barbara Kelly, Congresswoman, said, “This election is special this year in a positive and a negative way.” We’ve lots of negatives going for the country from economic problems, national debt, etc. to healthcare and energy shortage. McCain wants to privatize the social security system. When he says everything is on the table, he means privatization! Do away with the Social Security system. Mr. Roosevelt said, “I do not think it is unintentional that the debts are up.” Because then that gives a great excuse to reduce the social security system in the name of balancing the budget. Obama advocates change for the system, but very small changes, and after 2041. So, we should make our children, neighbors, and friends know about this.
There are hundreds of volunteers everywhere; however, not a single one has been able to answer any of my simple queries. Not a single one! It is amazing how they have come out to volunteer from even faraway places like Washington, DC and California, but they don’t know the city or have information we need, or didn’t receive the training. This tells me something and is perhaps a warning signal. Simple goodness will not do the job. Not only do we need the enthusiasm and generosity of volunteers, but we also need to be organized in a strategic way. Seeing how ineffective some of the volunteers are, Catherine is grateful that she did not ask to be a volunteer for the convention.
Debu Majumdar
Sunday, August 24, 2008
We attended three functions:
(1) The Asian and Pacific Islanders caucus. I was curious to know how this minority group can and are planning to help the Democrats. I was impressed with their enthusiasm and organization across the country. They proclaimed that “In 2008 AAPI has come to the political age.” I also learned several astonishing facts - such as only 18% of eligible AAPI voters are registered in Nevada, an important battle ground state. And nationally only 40% of AAPI members are registered to vote. So this group is making a great effort to get the vote out among their members. Charmaine Manansala, their AAPI Vote Director, said, “We need to get the Asian Americans involved.” There is lots of diversity in this community, but “we have,” she said, “lots of things in common….The good thing is that 95% of them are available on the internet….The first generation has the enthusiasm and energy, and the second generation has money! …We all have to work
together to make us succeed.” The AAPI leader Congressman Mike Honda made an appearance at the caucus. Their spirits are up and I think their few votes could make a big difference. They are thinking long term and said, “We are promoting our community history – not just to elect one candidate,”
(2) Interfaith Gathering Caucus. Initially I was not interested in attending this caucus because of an attitude that “I know what they will talk about.” But I was wrong. It was a great gathering with many, many people. The Jewish Rabi explained the Torah in one line, and he said it is the essence of their religion, and people spend lifetimes reading and understanding the commentaries - that is, if you think something will cause harm to you, do not do that to others (i.e., “Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you”). Love thy neighbor as thyself. I wish I could see that somewhere someday, but regardless, his speech was excellent, especially when he proclaimed that we should let everyone worship the way he or she wants to, and let the world be in harmony with the spirit of the Torah. A black minister spoke excellently about the need to take care of those on earth now. There were speakers from the Muslim and Buddhist faiths. In
all, a wonderful caucus and people left energized.
(3) DNC sponsored a celebration for “Recognizing Katrina Relief Organizations.” Yes this was a gala event with good food (shrimp, crawfish gumbo, and red beans and rice included), great band (so good that Debu, Jerry Brady and some extroverted Idahoans went to the dance floor) and a speech by Howard Dean. Indeed those who have helped the Katrina effort in any way (including our son who went down there to help them fill out forms) deserve our thanks. The singers wore big, gorgeous Mardi-Gras type costumes and that made the party a true New Orleans affair. There was a special “Obama“ beer. We went home with no energy left to write our blog.
Debu Majumdar
Saturday. Aug 23, 2008 7:30 AM
Last Wednesday in my interview with Danielle Grant for Channel 8, I said I expect Obama to do three things, the first one being that he will select the most qualified candidates in his administration. Today's announcement of Joe Biden as his nominee for VP proves my statement, and pleases me very much. He brings 36 years of experience in the Senate. Joe Biden is not a rich guy; he had to mortgage his house to provide college education for his sons! That tells it all.
Please stay tuned as I learn more in Denver.
Debu Majumdar
Friday evening, August 23, 2008
The Convention is only two days away and we feel the excitement. So many caucuses to attend, visit with people whose names only we know from newspapers and TV, and to meet with new people from all over the country! We will share the hotel with delegates from Indiana and Guam. Can you imagine Idaho and Guam delegates working together side by side? Isn’t that wonderful?
I consider myself very fortunate to be elected to go to the Convention, my first. I thank the Democrats and independent-minded people in Bonneville County who came to the Caucus in February and the state delegates from Congressional District 2 for their votes to send me here. The least I can do in return is represent you well at the Convention and report back to you what I see there. You will get the important news faster than I can write. So I’ll write about the things we will be doing and the many special people from all over the country that we will meet. So stay tuned!
Debu Majumdar
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