RSS Feed for This PostCurrent Article

The Denver Group Reception

By Bud White on August 26, 2008 at 11:20 PM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Democratic Party, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi

(Photo credit: Hillary with Heidi Li Feldman at an event in Washington, D.C.)

Tonight is Hillary’s night. So it’s fitting that The Denver Group held a reception prior to her speech to discuss the work being done to assure that Hillary’s delegates are allowed to vote. Although that is looking increasing unlikely, Heidi Li Feldman talked about the future of The Denver Group and the Democratic Party.

The event was held at a country-style French restaurant on the edge of downtown. Heidi Li Feldman, co-founder of The Denver Group, greeted guests at the door to a private room. In attendance were Hillary supporters, PUMAs of various stripes, No Quarter’s NancyA, and at least two members of the press. My wife and I spoke with Harriet Christian, heroine from the RBC fiasco. She sipped on a Coke and told us, with increasing passion, about her experience at the RBC. She described it as a sham and a fraud.

After about 45 minutes, Heidi Li climbed up on a chair and spoke to the group. We gave her a round of applause. She is just as committed, witty, warm, and intelligent as you’d imagine.

CQ Politics was there covering the event:

A prominent backer of Hillary Rodham Clinton now says delegate intimidation by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama ’s campaign means a fair nomination vote will be impossible on Wednesday night.

“I think they are hell bent on having a pretend vote,” said Heidi Li Feldman, the Georgetown University law professor whose Denver Group sponsored advertisements this summer demanding a roll call vote on the presidential nomination at this week’s convention.

Feldman says the Denver Group now plans to run more ads after the convention under the rubric of “Principle over Party.”

“All of that energy is now going to be channeled into making sure the Democratic Party does not inherit such incompetent leadership as we have had to endure this election season,” she said.

Feldman held court Tuesday before about 50 rowdy Clinton supporters at Le Central, a French restaurant in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. They greeted her pledge to demand Dean’s ouster with resounding applause.

Several attendees asked Feldman how they should vote this November. “I don’t think you should be behind the party right now,” said Feldman, who said she plans to leave her own presidential ballot blank. “Keep standing in front of the Pepsi Center and saying this is a fraud and a fake and I am not going to be party to a party that is corrupt.”

The work of The Denver Group is not finished. Please consider going over to The Denver Group and making a donation to run their ads. I believe their work, along with many others, helped raise awareness of the sham taking place in Denver.