Comments on: Jack’s Trip to Denver Derailed http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/04/03/jacks-trip-to-denver-derailed/ <em>City Paper</em> Writers on News, Politics, the Media, the Arts, and More Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:24:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ward7 Resident http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/04/03/jacks-trip-to-denver-derailed/#comment-123649 Ward7 Resident Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:01:52 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/04/03/whither-peter-nickles/#comment-123649 What's so interesting is all the calculations that go into attending the national convention. What does all this upper echelon manuevering mean to the electorate and how does it translate to the "bread and butter" issues we deal with day in and day out. Can we get some real "change"-locally?! What’s so interesting is all the calculations that go into attending the national convention. What does all this upper echelon manuevering mean to the electorate and how does it translate to the “bread and butter” issues we deal with day in and day out. Can we get some real “change”-locally?!

]]> By: KCinDC http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/04/03/jacks-trip-to-denver-derailed/#comment-120315 KCinDC Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:56:58 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/04/03/whither-peter-nickles/#comment-120315 Thanks for the mention. Since gender balance is about *balance*, being a male is actually a slight advantage at the moment, since the existing DC delegation (excluding alternates) consists of 17 women and 15 men (because so many of the DNC members living in DC are women). So the 7 delegates remaining to be selected (2 pledged PLEOs, 2 unpledged add-ons, and 3 pledged at-large) should be either 5 men and 2 women or 4 men and 3 women. Thanks for the mention.

Since gender balance is about *balance*, being a male is actually a slight advantage at the moment, since the existing DC delegation (excluding alternates) consists of 17 women and 15 men (because so many of the DNC members living in DC are women). So the 7 delegates remaining to be selected (2 pledged PLEOs, 2 unpledged add-ons, and 3 pledged at-large) should be either 5 men and 2 women or 4 men and 3 women.

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