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Re: Clinton names N.C. steering committee

SamuelWait — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:58:33 -0400

The blog lists some of the big names but there is some new blood on the list as well. Don't assume that Obama has cornered the market on grassroots Democrats.

Re: Clinton names N.C. steering committee

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:16:45 -0400

Please watch your language.

— RTB

Re: Clinton names N.C. steering committee

riverrd — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:11:28 -0400

All these good Democrats, and I DO MEAN good Democrats, are just not in touch with the grass roots of the Democratic Party and are part of the glorious past of our Party. Their counsel is still much needed but this is a new day and the people cry out for a Major Change in this nation and now is the time for that change! We must look beyond the same old tried ideas of the past and fight like Hell against the corrupt repoblicans!

Clinton names N.C. steering committee

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:07:48 -0400

Hillary Clinton's campaign released the names of its North Carolina steering committee, ranging from poet Maya Angelou to Hugh Shelton, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The list was announced at a teleconference held by Tom Hendrickson, a former state Democratic chariman; former Ambassador Jeanette Hyde, and the Rev. Brenda Stevenson of Charlotte.

"I know Hillary has the diplomatic skills," said Hyde, who was appointed ambassador to Barbados by President Clinton. "She has the knowledge. She has traveled around the world. I beleive she can help mend some of the problems we have in the world."

The endorsements include many people long associated with the moderate, pro-business wing of the state Democratic Party and with Govs. Jim Hunt and Terry Sanford.

Clarification: Hunt is not on the steering committee, but some of his associates are.

More names after the jump.