The Utah caucuses will be held on March 22, and excitement is building because this time it looks like the race for the nomination of both major political parties will not be decided beforehand. Also, the Tea-GOP caucuses for the first time will allow party members to register their candidate preferences online.
Wow, over 100 people online out of almost 1000 members- that is great and exciting news. Growing and gaining strength (comments and diaries and activity). So cool and positive.
This evening's music features boogie woogie and r&b pianist and singer Little Willie Littlefield. Enjoy!
Little Willie Littlefield - Kansas City
Greetings all, I have likely been seen as a lurker for years, commentator of late in other peeps’ diaries. Now, some background, though it is not for sympathy, but I was raised after adoption, I found out some of the details, so I am a mix of European Jewish and Seminole stock. I was raised in a middle class home, I was born on the cusp of Boomers to Gen-Xer, and am based on what I discovered, a Gen-Xer.
Honestly, I was spoiled by the result in Michigan. I actually, factually thought that Illinois would be berning up the polls yesterday. Pity that he only closed a 23 point gap by 21 points. (which is still a heck of an accomplishment.) Losing to her in her home state? By such much? It makes me wonder what would have happened after another week, given the trend lines.
I know that everyone has been distracted, what with the Ides of March passing, five primaries, and the beginning of March Madness, but you know what?
Other things continue to happen.
Why, just Monday the White House appointed the first ever transgender person to the post of LGBT liaison. She's a Jewish Latina trans woman (you know, the person you joke about when trying to be over-the-top absurdly politically correct), named Raffi Freedman-Gurspan.
Freedman-Gurspan became the first transgender staffer appointed to the White House in 2015, working as the outreach and recruitment director in the presidential personnel office.
Raffi's new official title is Outreach & Recruitment Director for Presidential Personnel and Associate Director for Public Engagement.
While Senator Sander is correct, that when we as a nation come together, there's nothing we can not do. However, being "pragmatic" about it, we need to insure we don't have to keep demonstrating in the streets to achieve our goals, rather we need to make sure we have the right people, in the right places, to insure our agenda, a progressive agenda and progressive candidates are on the table, and most especially on the ballot in down ballot races.
I just wrote this over at the big squiggly orange, thought I'd share it here since I plan to do that with all my writings 
Kos linky: http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/16/1502342/-Thank-you-Markos-and-...
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Okay does anyone have any common sense and think about their actions at the DNC.
The fearless leader of the DWS is gloating and mocking the opposition. Bad move and just not smart. Overlook your enemy and underestimate them just plain stupid.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/...
Author's note: this is another diary from the classics over at Daily Kos, this one from 2013. I was responding to an obtuse diary titled "what happened to the energy of hope here at DailyKos?" which has since been deleted, thank goodness. Here I lay the ground for an optimistic alternative to the usual phoniness.
