Comments on: County Dems seek $$$ from would-be endorsees http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/14/county-dems-seek-from-would-be-endorsees/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Tue, 21 May 2013 06:38:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: DanvilleDemocrat http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/14/county-dems-seek-from-would-be-endorsees/comment-page-1/#comment-87391 DanvilleDemocrat Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:29:11 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=20661#comment-87391 I’m sympathetic to the unseemliness mentioned by the caller. On the flipside of the coin, though, local parties — Democrat and Republican — provide a certain on-the-ground institutional base for any candidate running for local office, not just state assembly, state senate, congress or statewide/president. Too frequently, though, candidates treat the local parties as nothing more than an election-year-check-box. Pete Stark’s failure to pay DCCCC dues represents a good example of this writ large — sounds to me like the Alameda Democratic Party wants to get endorsed candidates in the habit of paying dues to the party early on.

]]> By: David http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/14/county-dems-seek-from-would-be-endorsees/comment-page-1/#comment-87181 David Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:55:14 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=20661#comment-87181 I’ve heard that this is happening with Democratic Party committees all across the country.

And, yes, the ACDCC issues endorsements for everything from dog catcher down to PTA president, even if it’s a non-partisan office.

]]> By: Common Tater http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/14/county-dems-seek-from-would-be-endorsees/comment-page-1/#comment-87077 Common Tater Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:36:18 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=20661#comment-87077 Most of the county races are for non-partisan offices. Does the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee endorse candidates for those offices, too?

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