Tom Green County Democratic News

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• A Voter Activation Network (VAN) Training will be held on August 23, 2008.  The session will be held at 2:30 at Angelo State University. Please call the headquarters for more info at 655-VOTE.

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• Young Democrats at ASU Secretary, Heather Guthrie is currently in Denver, Colorado attending seminars that deal with the Democratic Party. She will also be present at the Convention. Please check frequently with us as she will be sending us blogs and photos of her inspiring journey.  For info on Young Dems. at ASU please email President Manny Campos at gcampos@angelo.edu. 

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• Are you wanting to fight on the front lines? Are you ready to help put America back on the right track? If so San Angelo for Obama (SAFO) has mobilized locally.  Please call Adam Torres at (325) 212-1146 for more information.                             

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 August 2008 Talking Points:

Biden goes after McCain as he joins the ticket:

Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware set the stage for Sen. Barack Obama's historic address as the Democratic presidential nominee by launching a heated attack Wednesday night tying Sen. John McCain to the Bush White House and telling voters they had the power to change the country's direction. Click here for more.

Bill Clinton leaves no doubt:

Bill Clinton lays to rest any speculation that he would not enthusiastically back Barack Obama by making a forceful call for voters to elect Obama president. Click here for more.

Dems choose Obama in thunderous acclamation:

Barack Obama stepped triumphantly into history Wednesday night, the first black American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats transformed their convention hall into a joyful, shouting celebration. Click here for more.

Clinton doesn't back down:

With all eyes on Hillary Clinton at the DNC, she takes dead aim at John McCain. Click here for more.

Kennedy rallies Dems for Obama as convention opens:

Ailing and aging, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy summoned fellow Democrats to rally behind Barack Obama's pioneering quest for the White House Monday night, providing a poignant opening to a party convention in search of unity for the fall campaign. Click here for more.

I Spent Years as a POW with John McCain, and His Finger Should Not Be Near the Red Button:

John McCain is a long-time acquaintance of mine that goes way back to our time together at the U.S. Naval Academy and as Prisoners of War in Vietnam. He is a man I respect and admire in some ways. But there are a number of reasons why I will not vote for him for President of the United States. Click here for more.

PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama has 45% of the support of registered voters and John McCain 44% in Gallup Poll Daily tracking for Aug. 16-18, as vice presidential announcements and the two conventions loom in the near future.

Despite Assurances, McCain Wasn't in a ‘Cone of Silence':

Senator John McCain was not in a "cone of silence" on Saturday night while his rival, Senator Barack Obama, was being interviewed at the Saddleback Church in California. Click here for more.

McCain jokes: $5 million a year is a good definition of rich:

When asked by Rich Warren last night how he would "define rich," McCain did his very best to avoid the question and instead started rambling about the DNA of bears and Congress' vacation time. Although he said "$5 million" jokingly, it's pretty clear he didn't want to offend the fat cat base of the Republican Party. This is pretty ironic coming from a man that once bashed the Bush tax cuts as disproportionately skewed towards the wealthy. Maverick no more, indeed. Click here for more.

Gunman Kills Democratic Official in Arkansas:

Bill Gwatney, the chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party, was shot in his office in Little Rock Wednesday morning and died a few hours later, police officials said. Click here for more.

Georgia War a Neocon Election Ploy?:

Is it possible that this time the October surprise was tried in August, and that the garbage issue of brave little Georgia struggling for its survival from the grasp of the Russian bear was stoked to influence the U.S. presidential election? Click here for more.

New evidence suggests Ron Suskind is right:

If Ron Suskind's sensational charge that the White House and CIA colluded in forging evidence to justify the Iraq invasion isn't proved conclusively in his new book, "The Way of the World," then the sorry record of the Bush administration offers no basis to dismiss his allegation. Setting aside the relative credibility of the author and the government, the relevant question is whether the available facts demand a full investigation by a congressional committee, with testimony under oath. Click here for more.