[statecom-discuss] The Election is Today and moving forward tomorrow

[Mike Heichman]

>11-07-07
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>Hi State Comm.
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>In June, 2005 our GRP annual convention made a very important decision. It
>established a diverse committee to explore the feasibility of running a divere slate of candidates for the 2006 statewide elections. Some of us worked hard for months with the result that we did endorse a team of candidates on March 4 of this year.
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>Thanks to everyone who has worked so hard to communicate our values to the
>people of our state. Thanks to everyone who joined together on behalf of our wonderful team of candidates.
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>It sometimes feels to me that we began this long march when I was a young
>man. I am very excited about today. I already voted and spent a couple of hours at the polls from 7-9. I'll return this evening from 6-8 and then get the vote count. 
>I hope that many of you will be doing something similar. I also hope to see many of you this evening at our Victory Party.
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>What have we accomplished? That is a real big question. Part of the answer,
>for me, is that we will have accomplished very little unless we are willing to take advantage of the successes of all the work that we have done the past few months. We need to keep on moving forward or what we have done will have been wasted.
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>This Saturday, November 11, we will be having our next State Committee meeting. I know that many of us are tired. I hope that many of us will attend. I also hope that we will invite the new activists who have worked so hard in support of our team.
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>What should we do on November 11 and on November 19? I don't know how many of our candidates and key campaign wokers will be able to attend. I don't think that we should wait for them. There is so much that needs to be done.
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    For me, I want to spend time assessing where we are. I would like to 
discuss the larger political context, both statewide and nationally. I 
would like to discuss the state of our party, the relationship between 
our party and our campaigns and how we move our party forward. This 
Saturday, I would like to spend a block of time discussing our 
committees and local chapters,

    Meanwhile, have a fun day and tonight, let's party.

Mike Heichman

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