http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/tag_rss/grassroots On May 13th, former South L.A. grassroots leader, Karen Bass will officially assumer her duties as Speaker of the California Assembly. While she is only eligible to serve as Speaker for two years because of term limits, the budget woes in Sacramento should provide Bass a great audition for the governor's office. Her success as Speaker could shake up the governor's race in 2010. http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/elliottpetty/Btj http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/elliottpetty/Btj/commentary#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:58:02 PDT http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/elliottpetty/Btj Elliott D. Petty Elliott D. Petty 2 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/Btj/ “This plays right into the hands of the Republicans.” “Our only goal is to elect a Democrat into the White House in 2008.  Nothing should distract from that.” These the main sound bites from Senator Art Torres at the California Democratic Party meetings this weekend. They should be the talking points of the grassroots Democrats whose anti-torture platform was shot down yesterday. The actions of Torres, committee chair John Hanna, and others in the California Democratic Party leadership played right into the hands of the Republicans.   The core principles of the Democratic Party – freedom and upholding the constitution – were blatantly violated by one of our members, Senator Dianne Feinstein.  The message our resolution sent was simply that we expect better from our Senator, because nothing distracts more from electing a Democrat to the White House in 2008 than weak-kneed Democrats in Congress who betray even the most basic Democratic principles . Torres and Hanna’s strong-armed tactics played right into the hands of the Republicans.  They have sent the wrong message to California, and the wrong message to America. http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/eriklove/BnP http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/eriklove/BnP/commentary#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:53:36 PST http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/eriklove/BnP Erik Love Erik Love 1 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/BnP/