Taos: Proud Host of the Congressional District Convention

The Taos News trumpeted the "coup" of Our Town's being named the site for the Democratic Convention for this Congressional district.

In a confused and confusing story, it was revealed that our County Democratic Committee has been thrown a bone by our equally suspicious state party leadership. At least our guys locally didn't appear to have overtly favored either candidate in the closely contested, massively turned out, incompetently-planned-and-executed primary. That is, once Bill Richardson upset all the original planning and bowed out.

What exactly is supposed to happen in this convention, and whether it will do more than rubber stamp other results, is unfortunately less than clear. Everyone seems to know that Clinton won 14 delegates and Obama 12 in the state, so does it really matter what happens here?

There is still a very raw feeling among county Democrats over the manner of the movida which gave the current county party leaders their positions. It will be more than interesting to see if this emerges in some way connected to the convention.