REFLECTIONS ON FOUR YEARS OF CHANGE AND ‘SUPERDELEGATES’
By Sam Spencer, Democratic National Committeeman
When I was first elected to the DNC in 2004, my goal was to help rebuild our party from the ground-up and to do a better job connecting our party with its activist roots, rather than just Washington insiders. In all honesty, when [...]
Preserving yesterday for tomorrow, today: support a
State Historic Tax Credit —
By Sam Spencer, DNC committeeman
When I’m not representing Maine on the Democratic National Committee, I’m doing my day job as a real estate developer. Since returning to Maine in 2003, I have worked on [...]
DNC REPORT TO MAINE DEMOCRATS:
OLD FASHIONED ORGANIZING IS BACK
By Sam Spencer, Democratic National Committeeman
While all of us our transfixed on the day to day battle among the Democratic Presidential candidates to secure the nomination, the DNC is working on the next steps in Chairman’s Howard Dean’s “50-state strategy” to rebuild our party from the [...]
REPORT TO MAINE DEMOCRATS ON WINTER DNC MEETING
Tyson’s Corner, VA, November 29th –December 1, 2007
By Sam Spencer, Democratic National Committeeman
With just thirty-two days until the Iowa caucuses on January 3rd and just seventy days until our caucuses here in Maine on February 10th, this past weekend’s meeting of the Democratic National Committee was the last [...]
REPORT TO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 23, 2007
BY SAM SPENCER, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
JENNIFER DECHANT, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEWOMAN
Continuing Calendar Chaos
Chair Howard Dean has threatened to strip Florida of all its delegates if it does not comply with DNC rules and move its contest back from January 29th to February 5th or later. Florida has until September [...]
REPORT TO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
JULY 15, 2007
BY SAM SPENCER, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
JENNIFER DECHANT, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEWOMAN
Presidential Contest Schedule
We have put together a schedule of the 2008 Presidential contest (attached). As of July 14th, our caucus on Sunday, February 10th is the 33rd contest. However things continue to develop. 62.52% of the delegates will [...]
Kennebec Journal
The Appropriate Way to Nominate US Attorneys
By Sam Spencer
April 15, 2007
When the Bush Administration recently fired eight U.S. Attorneys for what appears to be blatant political purposes, some supporters argued that this action was appropriate and in keeping with historical precedent. Bush Administration defenders point out that U.S. Attorneys are political appointees who “serve [...]
REPORT ON THE WINTER DNC MEETING
Washington, DC, FEBRUARY 1-3, 2007
By SAM SPENCER, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
JENNIFER DECHANT, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEWOMAN
The recent meeting of the DNC was the first since the November elections and the first official showcase of the candidates for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination. There was a feeling of celebration and optimism that [...]
Maine Sunday Telegram
Sunday, October 29, 2006
MAINE VOICES
Keep program apart from scandal or the chance of it
Amid the controversy involving former Florida Representative Mark Foley’s inappropriate contact with congressional pages, there have been calls to solve the problem by abolishing the page program. As one of thousands of former pages whose life has been changed for [...]
REPORT ON THE WINTER MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 10th - 12th
BY SAM SPENCER, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
From February 10-12, Maine’s representatives to the Democratic National Committee,
including State Chair Patrick Colwell, Vice Chair Marianne Stevens, DNC Committeewoman Jennifer DeChant, and Dale McCormick, Co-Chair of the Democratic Treasurers Association, and myself, attended the Winter Meeting [...]
REPORT ON THE DNC EASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE
HELD JANUARY 29
By Sam Spencer
The race for DNC Chair is really coming down to the wire. Yesterday, a powerful DNC affiliated group made up of the State Party Chairs and Vice Chairs of all 50 states endorsed Howard Dean for Chair of the DNC. In doing so, the Association [...]
