A moment to remember - again!

I finally got to the video I took on election night...tho almost a month later it still feels like it happened yesterday !

Happy Thanksgiving

A day of giving thanks for many things:

our country will have a new president come January 20th!

my son is happy

I have good friends offline and online

I am healthy

I live in Portland

I see ducks like this



Ah and that soon it’s time to go and eat with many of those friends mentioned above....yummmm

And we help others

Now that the election is behind us - we are using our time to help others because that is what dems do!

This is from the DPO

Thank you for supporting Democrats in Oregon and helping elect Barack Obama, Jeff Merkley and Democrats up and down the ticket.

Together, we've made history, made Oregon proud, and given America an opportunity for change.

Now, we can continue the campaign right here in Oregon.

As we all know, our state and country are hard hit by challenging economic times. For too many Oregon families, bare pantries are a fact of life. Too many seniors have to choose between buying medication or buying food.

We can do something about it by donating food and resources to communities in need.

We’re asking you to help us support the Oregon Food Bank by collecting food from your friends and neighbors and dropping it off at your local Oregon Food Bank location. We'll continue this drive through the end of the year.

In Multnomah County you can drop off donations at the Democratic Party of Oregon at 232 NE 9th Ave in Portland. Hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday – except during Holidays. Call 503-224-8200 for more information.

Click here to see a list of food bank sites in all 36 counties.

If you can’t collect food, please make a monetary donation to the Oregon Food Bank.

Let’s work together to make a difference in our community.

Thanks for your help.

Sincerely,

Trent Lutz

Blue! Blue! Blue!

Some people paint the town red...we painted the county blue!!!

And we had celebratory cake and ice cream....

 

 

 

Kudos to US!

After one whole day off from politics - we had an exec meeting last night and most all were there.  [We seem to like each other :-)]

WE congratulated ourselves on turning Multnomah County solid BLUE. Not one little corner is any longer represented by a republican.

But the biggest kudos of the evening went to KC Hanson and Susan Silodor - the chair and vice-chair of the Multnomah county Democrats.

They were elected in January [a very long 10 months ago] and what they have done is to not only re-organize the county party - but to deal with a primary followed immediately by the general election.

And they did it - because they are great leaders who inspired many to get involved in party politics for the first time or to get re-involved after years away...


Like Obama - they walked and talked hope and future and never wavered - even when they had the flu :-).

                 KC and Susan - YOU ROCK!

More Photos from Nov 4th

No words needed....

Did we ever have fun last night!

YES!   WE!    DID!

This is a few seconds after 8PM PST when we at the Oregon Convention Center knew that the closing of our polls out just put Obama over the 270 electoral votes!

It was a madhouse - but such a joyous joyful mad house.

Got Obama's message this morning:

I'm about to head to Grant Park to talk to everyone gathered there, but I wanted to write to you first.

We just made history.

And I don't want you to forget how we did it.

You made history every single day during this campaign -- every day you knocked on doors, made a donation, or talked to your family, friends, and neighbors about why you believe it's time for change.

I want to thank all of you who gave your time, talent, and passion to this campaign.

We have a lot of work to do to get our country back on track, and I'll be in touch soon about what comes next.

But I want to be very clear about one thing...

All of this happened because of you.

Thank you,

Barack 

My Chicago family was at Grant Park for this historic moment in history!

[and I still get weepy about the enormity of what we just accomplished]

Halloween at Obama Headquarters

4 days to go and the place is hopping!

People of all shapes, sizes, ages and colors are here to get out the vote, drop off a ballot, sell swag, make phone calls or just dropping in because it's such a neat place to hang out!