Bruce Roemmelt for National Convention Delegate

As many of you may already know, Democrats will be selecting their delegates to the national convention tomorrow, Saturday the 17th, in the 10th Congressional District. I believe this is an important part of the nominating process because it illustrates just how important it is to have Democrats who are active throughout the country. Furthermore, it is yet another opportunity to examine the progress the Democratic Party has made on a local basis.

This concentration on local politics in order to have success at the national level really gets to the heart of Howard Dean’s 50 State Strategy, which suggests that we should be building up the Democratic Party even in places that are traditionally Republican strongholds. One candidate for National Delegate who I believe illustrates this sentiment is Bruce Roemmelt. In a letter to all of the identified Obama delegates to the 10th District’s convention, Bruce highlighted all the work that he accomplished with his campaign while running for the House of Delegates.

I felt then as now that we must fight in every District to turn Virginia blue. There are some that say in the heavily Republican 13th it was a lost cause, but look at what we did. We fought a fight where no Democrats had run essentially since redistricting in 2001. We knocked on over 20,000 doors in four years. Not only did we ID voters in 2005 and 2007, but we worked tirelessly for Judy Feder and Jim Webb in 2006, and Senators Herring and COlgan, Loundoun County BOCS Member Stevens Miller and candidates Karen Schultz, Mike George, Corey Reiley, and Kevin Turner in 2007

We raised money but more importantly we spoke to and about the core values that not only are held by us Democrats, but so many of the voters we reached.

It appears as though a large number of Democrats believe that Bruce’s record clearly make him a excellent choice to serve as a Delegate to the National Convention.

I’ve been endorsed by multiple candidates and Democratic activists across the 10th CD like Jedy Feder, Marty Martinez, Jay Donohue, Bill Day, Stevens Miller, Pete Frisbie, David Roos, Glenn Lintelman, and Bob Moses. I’m also (to my knowledge) the only active union member running, and endorsed by the NOVA Central Labor Council Leader, Dan Duncan.

The hard work of traveling across the district and talking with the general public in this traditional Republican stronghold not only embraces Howard Dean’s strategy, but it also is very similar to what Barack Obama has been advocating. It is for that reason that I believe Bruce Roemmelt should be elected as a Delegate to the National Convention for Obama from Virginia’s 10th Congressional District.