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They need to eliminate Caucuses all together. They do not represent what the actual vote would be.

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Sausalito, CA (PRWEB) August 21, 2007

The National Presidential Caucus today announces it has garnered the endorsements of former United States Senators, William Rudman (R-NH) and Bill Bradley (D-NJ) co-chairs of Americans for Campaign Finance Reform, GOP donor and esteemed venture capitalist Tim Draper of the firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Bob Fertik, President of Democrats.com, David All, Principal of the David All Group and founder of TechRepublican.com, among others. The National Presidential Caucus also announces there is an open invitation to all organizations and individuals to participate in National Caucus Day on Friday, December 7, 2007.

The National Presidential Caucus was created by a consortium of partisan, bipartisan and non-partisan interests to help Americans prepare for the onrush of a de facto “National Primary” slated for February 5, 2008, when two presidential candidates may suddenly emerge as “finalists” based on the front-loading of state primaries. If there is going to be a National Primary, there ought to be a National Caucus first.

On National Presidential Caucus Day — Friday, December 7, 2007 — thousands of local, self-organized, Internet-enabled, face-to-face gatherings across the country will convene in caucus to discuss and deliberate candidates and the issues. Participants will voice their preferences at their choice of a local Republican Caucus, Democratic Caucus or at an Open Caucus.

Just prior to the Iowa Caucus and the official primary season, organizations and individuals are invited and encouraged to try to elevate their issues, ideas, and candidate preferences to the forefront of the national dialogue by starting or attending a local caucus on National Presidential Caucus Day.

Citizen-led and open, the goals of the National Presidential Caucus are to:

Help the country better prepare for the vital business of selecting its next president, not in haste, but through 1000′s of informed face-to-face discussions and thoughtful deliberations.
Foster deeper and more meaningful access to the country’s political system toward the goal of helping revitalize American democracy.
Create a new voice for those willing to participate in person.

National Presidential Caucus registration at http://www.nationalcaucus.com will open to the general public in early September.

National Presidential Caucus results will be compiled and reported at http://www.nationalcaucus.com after the event.

Recent endorsements:

Tim Draper, Founder, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson:

“Internet driven transformation of the US political system and democracy itself is one of the most significant developments since the founding of the country, and yet we must resist over reliance on only electronic means of participation. The National Presidential Caucus will enable the kind of face to face discussion and deliberation that remains the bedrock of free speech and free assembly.”

Warren Rudman, former United States Senator, R-NH and Americans for Campaign Reform Co-Chair:

“Democracy works best when large numbers of citizens participate and make their views known. The National Presidential Caucus is a creative initiative to use technology to promote gatherings all across the nation to address the most important issues facing us in these critical times.”

Bill Bradley, former United States Senator, D-NJ and Americans for Campaign Reform Co-Chair:

“Harnessing the power of the internet to foster citizen participation through the National Presidential Caucus is an innovative way to encourage citizens to discuss the choices that face us, both in terms of issues and candidates. The National Presidential Caucus is a wonderful opportunity for grassroots activists to impact the national issues agenda.”

Bob Fertik, President of Democrats.com:

“Who says only Iowans can choose the next President? On December 7, turn off your computer and head to the nearest National Presidential Caucus. Bring your ideas, your passions, and your friends!”

David All of the David All Group and founder of TechRepublican.com:

“We’ve long noted there’s a transformative effect by Internet enabled face-to-face meetings. In 2004, the Bush-Cheney campaign witnessed over 8,000 house “Parties for the President” distributed throughout the nation. The National Presidential Caucus provides a forum for all Americans to get involved in this distributed, participatory format to help improve our democratic process — and The David All Group and TechRepublican.com are happy to help revitalize democracy.”

The National Presidential Caucus welcomes the support of groups and individuals including Americans for Campaign Finance Reform, Politics Online, Stanford University’s Center for Deliberative Democracy, University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, Democracy for America, Unity ’08, The National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation, Democrats.com, TechRepublican.com and others.

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Sausalito, CA & Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 13, 2007

The National Presidential Caucus (NPC) today announces registration is now open for voters to freely organize local caucuses across the nation. Caucus groups will meet in thousands of towns across the nation, led and attended by everyday citizens who’ll gather in small groups to wrap their arms around the candidates and the issues — before they’re confronted by the frontloaded primary calendar.

There will be a preliminary Straw Poll & Caucus Warm-up on Friday, November 9, 2007 and then National Caucus Day will be Friday, December 7, 2007. Both events will be held anytime between 3-8 pm local time.

Voters with an interest in starting or finding a local caucus are encouraged to sign up @ http://www.nationalcaucus.com.

“We’re excited to be part of the renewal or even the reinvention of American democracy,” says Don Means, event coordinator for The National Presidential Caucus. “This historic moment, when the stakes are enormous, is a profound opportunity for the country. We believe a far higher level of citizen engagement, speaking openly face to face, is necessary to tap the inherent genius of our system and reach that more perfect union.”

The objectives of The NPC are to level the playing field by giving voice to the electorate outside the realm of media-driven polls — and to slow the Primary rush to judgment as the nation heads into a de facto “national primary” on February 5th, 2007. The National Caucus is an antidote for primary frontloading.

The NPC aims to amplify the voice to the voter locally by empowering them to easily find and participate in local Republican Caucuses to discuss republican candidates and issues, Democrat Caucuses to discuss democrat candidates and issues, and Open Caucuses to discuss any and all candidates and issues.

The NPC aims to amplify the voice of the voter nationally by aggregating and reporting on both data and issue and candidate preferences collected on http://www.nationalcaucus.com, as well as via exit polls after the caucuses.

The NPC is at the pinnacle of how the Internet is transforming politics and the electoral process, which is accelerating and unpredictable. The NPC is embracing the national trend in the rise of volunteerism, expanding on the estimated 5 million people who used the Internet to organize or participate in a political meetup, house party or town hall meeting during the 2003-2004 election cycle.

The NPC encourages the use of top online tools to give caucuses an active voice, including:

Enabling participants to capture and broadcast their caucus meetings live on the Internet on Ustream.tv;
Showcasing videos submitted by participants to the dedicated National Caucus channel on YouTube;
Providing a platform for live web-based discussions and deliberations on ekkoTV.com for individuals who cannot make it to a local Caucus but still wish to participate in the national event;
Empowering people to become “co-chairs” of the NPC Facebook Group to help drum up more interest online, and beyond.
Encouraging people who are already part of active “Meetup” groups on meetup.com to add the caucus dates into their monthly event schedules.
In addition, The NPC is collaborating with Reframe It Inc. and the Stanford Center For Deliberative Democracy to “reframe” the presidential campaign. Through Reframe It Inc.’s innovative technology, noted authorities and everyday citizens will be able to place and read comments that will appear along-side the Presidential Candidate sites in a special side-margin. All caucus participants will be able to review these comments before they go to their local caucus events.

NPC is endorsed by Americans for Campaign Reform Co-Chairs former senators Warren Rudman (R-NH) and Bill Bradley (D-NJ) and a host of other political operatives, academics, business leaders and political scientists from both sides of the aisle, including:

Howard Rheingold, Author, Smart Mobs
Mike Turk, E-Campaign Director, Bush/Cheney ’04
Phil Noble, Founder, Politics Online
James Fishkin, Director, Center for Deliberative Democracy
Bob Fertik, President, Democrats.com
Tim Draper, Founder, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Dr. Larry J. Sabato, Director, Center for Politics, Univ. of Virginia
Peverill Squire, Professor, Political Science, University of Iowa
Doug Bailey, CEO, Unity ’08
Jim Dean, Chair of Democracy for America
Carol Darr, Director, GW’s Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet
David All of the David All Group and founder of TechRepublican.com

NPC’s partners and supporting organizations include:

Stanford University’s Center for Deliberative Democracy
Politics Online
University of Virginia’s Center for Politics
Democracy for America
Unity ’08
The National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation
Americans for Campaign Reform: Just$ 6
TechRepulican.com
Democrats.com
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All on the same day would be better.

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You’re right. If qualifications were the criteria for electing a president Biden would be elected in a landslide.

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 16, 2007

Following months of planning and outreach the National Presidential Caucus today announces that the field test on November 9th — when dozens of self-selected and citizen-organized, local caucus groups across the country tested new meeting formats and online caucus registration tools — was an overwhelming success.

As a partial antidote for extremely early primary front-loading by the states and disenfranchisement of citizens feeling left out of the process, the National Presidential Caucus is gaining in public and institutional support across the country.

The report from the Sarcoxie, Missouri “Open” caucus at the Sarcoxie Library is typical. “It was really exciting to have a nice group discuss political issues in depth, get better acquainted with neighbors and meet new people,” says Candace Turner, organizer of the Sarcoxie event. “One participant raced home to sign up and run a caucus in her SW MO county on Dec 7th! And another noted that at least two of the participants changed their preferences after arriving and discussing candidates and issues.”

Institutional support is also strong. Democrat Pennsylvania State Representative Mark B. Cohen says, “I believe the National Caucus can give Pennsylvanians and others made irrelevant by the current system a voice in choosing the Presidential nominees of each party,” says Cohen. “If governments won’t give people a voice, then the people have to stand up and demand a voice themselves.”

“Every four years the cry goes out to reform the primary system. But it’s always for next time. Well, next time is here!” says Don Means, Project Coordinator. “There’s never been more attention on how we conduct our primary elections than in this cycle. Wide open, highly contested, and with huge stakes, people are taking an interest like never before and they don’t see the sense of the current mish mash, free for all. Yet it is a major challenge to overestimate the importance of this public policy which determines the selection of probably only two candidates for President of the United States. We must get serious in making such decisions as a body politic, and the NPC is a way to do so right now.”

Republican Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, Chair of National Association of Secretaries of State concurs. “Each year our country’s primary calendar becomes even more compressed, and this trend is damaging to our political process. It is essential that we give citizens the chance to discuss the important issues facing our country. Ultimately, our country must come together and reform our presidential nomination calendar, but until that time comes, the National Presidential Caucus is an innovative way to involve citizens from every corner of our country in the political process. Through the power of technology, the voices of citizens from states that are usually ignored due to the front-loaded nomination process, will finally have their chance to be heard.”

Anecdotal reporting after the upcoming December 7th event will be further enhanced by way of exit polls that will gather detailed demographic data on participants. Dr. James Fishkin, Chairman of the Stanford Communications Department and Director of the Center for Deliberative Democracy, and an early Advisor to the National Presidential Caucus believes the “National Presidential Caucus provides an unprecedented opportunity to combine citizen deliberation with mass participation. New technologies make new forms of politics possible. In order to assess the process, the National Caucus has agreed to make data from its exit polls available to Stanford’s Center for Deliberative Democracy.”

Among the many public advocates for caucus reform is Tim Draper, a major Silicon Valley venture capitalist. “Internet driven transformation of the US political system and democracy itself is one of the most significant developments since the founding of the country, and yet we must resist over reliance on only electronic means of participation,” says Draper. ” The National Presidential Caucus will enable the kind of face to face discussion and deliberation that remains the bedrock of free speech and free assembly.”

About the National Presidential Caucus:

In response to the current inadequate national primary system, a consortium of partisan, bi-partisan and non-partisan interests have initiated the National Presidential Caucus with an “Open Call to Participate” in local, self-organized, web-enabled face to face gatherings across the country on December 7, 2007 in preparation for the highly compressed national primary process.

For more information about the National Presidential Caucus visit: http://www.nationalcaucus.com/about

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Barack Obama is favored by the Blacks and Muslims as against Hillary Clinton who is keeping abreast with him for the Democrat nomination.

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