Cross-posted from Students for Barack Obama Blog

We all know that the Democratic party is the "big tent" party and the party of inclusiveness.  I am proud to say that Senator Obama has once again taken the lead on a great Democratic issue and has made his campaign videos accessible to a greater amount of Americans than any current or former Presidential campaign.

As you may know we have two primary goals here at Next Generation Democrats (NGD); supporting young progressive candidates and more importantly, assisting young staffers trying to get a start in progressive politics.

Developing, diary to be updated as more info comes in.

According to Politico.com

The Nevada State Democratic Party is pulling out of a presidential debate scheduled for Aug. 14 in Reno, according to Democratic insiders.

The debate was being hosted by Fox News Channel and Fox News Radio, the Nevada State Democratic Party and the Western Majority Project.

Democratic activists have protested that Fox is not a suitable partner for the event.

cross-posted at Hurst 2006 Blog

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In a recent article the Washington Post Reports that Iraqi citizens want the U.S. forces out of Iraq and by vast majorities.  Tom Davis has voted with President Bush 90% of the time, including 100% of the time in regards to Iraq, when will Representative Davis listen to his constituents and Iraqi citizens.  Andrew Hurst, Democratic Candidate for Congress opposing Tom Davis has a Comprehensive Plan to withdraw our troops from Iraq.

According to the article...

In Baghdad, for example, nearly three-quarters of residents polled said they would feel safer if U.S. and other foreign forces left Iraq, with 65 percent of those asked favoring an immediate pullout, according to State Department polling results obtained by The Washington Post.

Hat-tip to Mosquitopest for giving me the idea to do this more in-depth research.

According to an article The 10 Most Brazen War Profiteers from Alternet.org there is some seriously fishy and potentially illegal stuff going on with the distribution of US Government Contracts relating to Iraq.

Tom Davis is the Chairman of the Government Reform Committee, it is his job to investigate such claims, instead, he does not.  He ignores these problems while at the same time taking political donations from said companies.  Below the fold is the dirty truth.

Yesterday Andrew Hurst candidate for Congress (VA-11) filed a formal complaint with both the FEC and the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards.

Andrew Hurst claims that his opponent Tom Davis used the Congressional Franking Privilege for campaign and partisan purposes, at the taxpayers expense.

Before I get to the election night parties, if you have a spare hour or too, please help out by doing some Virtual Phone banking with MoveOn.org all you need is to be able  to be on the phone and the internet at the same time.

However, After we win tonight, we all want to celebrate, right?

Everyone seems to be in town, luminaries from MoveOn, DFA, and the blogosphere.  Websites such as Mydd and My Left Nutmeg have much better analysis, so this is just a survey of my experiences.

I am stoked, my prediction, Lamont wins by 8 points on Tuesday.

Follow me below the bump for details about my trip.

Special Thanks to Judy Epstein for housing me and my girlfriend for the weekend.