09-27-2010, 05:38 PM
Thank God they couldn't come to a consensus on an amendment increasing the size of the U.S. House of Representatives to 6,000. No, I didn't make a typo there, 6,000 was the goal, and you think 435 was expensive? Try to get your mind around that number. You might want to keep your eye on these people.
National âCoffee Partyâ convention is total failure
By: Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
09/27/10 1:25 PM EDT
Remember the âCoffee Party?â Supposedly, it was a grassroots group started to counter Tea Party influence. But after it received lots of national media attention, it was revealed to have been started by a former New York Times employee and Democratic activists. Well, apparently the âCoffee Partyâ had its first national convention and it proved to be a total bust, but strangely enough, theyâre still being taken seriously by the media:
The Coffee Party USA â which was founded on Facebook and is holding its first national convention in Louisville this weekend â bills itself as a more thoughtful and reasoned alternative to the tea party.
Saturday night the organization held a panel discussion, part of its three-day âRestoring American Democracyâ convention, that included bloggers, college professors and communications strategists talking about what they can do to make politics more inclusive. They also discussed how to draw more disenfranchised voters back into the democratic process.
The discussion before about 350 people at the Galt House touched on policy, politics and values and how to bridge the partisan divide.
Whoa, 350 people for a national convention! Cup of Joementum! Please, please letâs make sure we set aside lots more column inches devoted to covering this important grassroots phenomenon thatâs clearly having a big electoral impact.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/national-coffee-party-convention-is-a-bust-103867748.html?utm_source=feedburner+BeltwayConfidential&utm_medium=feed+Beltway+Confidential&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BeltwayConfidential+%28Beltway+Confidential%29feed&utm_content=My+Yahoofeed&utm_term=My+Yahoofeed#ixzz10lRZmG00">http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opini ... z10lRZmG00</a><!-- m -->
National âCoffee Partyâ convention is total failure
By: Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
09/27/10 1:25 PM EDT
Remember the âCoffee Party?â Supposedly, it was a grassroots group started to counter Tea Party influence. But after it received lots of national media attention, it was revealed to have been started by a former New York Times employee and Democratic activists. Well, apparently the âCoffee Partyâ had its first national convention and it proved to be a total bust, but strangely enough, theyâre still being taken seriously by the media:
The Coffee Party USA â which was founded on Facebook and is holding its first national convention in Louisville this weekend â bills itself as a more thoughtful and reasoned alternative to the tea party.
Saturday night the organization held a panel discussion, part of its three-day âRestoring American Democracyâ convention, that included bloggers, college professors and communications strategists talking about what they can do to make politics more inclusive. They also discussed how to draw more disenfranchised voters back into the democratic process.
The discussion before about 350 people at the Galt House touched on policy, politics and values and how to bridge the partisan divide.
Whoa, 350 people for a national convention! Cup of Joementum! Please, please letâs make sure we set aside lots more column inches devoted to covering this important grassroots phenomenon thatâs clearly having a big electoral impact.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/national-coffee-party-convention-is-a-bust-103867748.html?utm_source=feedburner+BeltwayConfidential&utm_medium=feed+Beltway+Confidential&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BeltwayConfidential+%28Beltway+Confidential%29feed&utm_content=My+Yahoofeed&utm_term=My+Yahoofeed#ixzz10lRZmG00">http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opini ... z10lRZmG00</a><!-- m -->