DuPage Dems new website

As most people know by now, the DuPage Democrats have elected new officers on the promise of change. The DuPage Democratic Party had improved somewhat under Rob Bisceglie's short reign as chairman, but apparently not enough to convince people that things were going in the right direction.

So Bob Peickert of Operation Turn DuPage Blue was elected Chairman of the party at the county convention in early March. I've been somewhat disconnected from local party activities due to work obligations, so I haven't said too much about it.

BUT, I just received a very polished new email newsletter from the new DuPage Democrats and I am impressed! The new email newsletter and website were designed by my good friend and fabulous graphic designer, Michael Cousineau.

All I really need to say is this:

Check this out with its cheesy flash animation and obvious stock photos.

Now check THIS out. Sweet! For the first time, we have a much better website that the DuPage GOP! Nice job folks.

Happy Birthday to ME!

I think I have a post last year called the exact same thing. Anyway, today I am 30 years old! Whoohoo for another decade logged. I don't look old and I certainly don't feel old, so 30 is fine by me. Here's Marilyn's version to JFK.

Obama's statement on Rev. Wright

Obama categorically rejects, denounces and disagrees with some of the more radical statements that Rev. Jeremiah Wright has made.

Rev. Wright sure hasn't made life easy for Obama since he decided to run for President. I wonder if that's conscious or not. His daughter is running Rev. Al Sharpton's organization in Chicago now, which might be why he's turned up the rhetoric on race. I don't really see what the big deal is, but I guess it could be a bit much for whitebread America.

Me'Shell Norris from NPR was on Meet the Press today and she made the exact point that I've been thinking. She said that it's a much broader statement than most people realize to condemn Rev. Wright for the statements he makes in his sermons. Most black churches preach very similar ideas and it only shows how out of touch people are if they don't realize that.

Congressman Foster in the House!

I haven't been posting much here because I've been busy helping out with Bill Foster's victorious run for Congress in IL-14. When I have posted, it's been at Prairie State Blue, where there's more people to talk to. Also, Georgia10 from DKos frontpaged one of my posts from PSB here. There's also a lot more bandwidth being chomped up over at PSB, so you may have trouble with the site.

I've posted over there how proud I am of Illinois Democrats coming together to get Bill elected, but it's definitely worth mentioning again. People from every corner of the state and every campaign organization or club came out to pound the pavement and make calls, including our very own Democratic candidate in IL-06, Jill Morgenthaler. This victory truly does belong to every last one of us who yearn for change in our government and won't settle for less.

Last night, after the polls closed, I spent several hours at the Aurora Election Commission watching the returns unfold with everyone's favorite Republican blogger, OneMan, who is a very cool guy. He was crushed over Oberweis' miserable defeat. I gloated for a bit but, being me, felt kind of bad for OneMan after a while (that's him in the photo).

Santos=Obama?

Ohh, this is interesting.