As I wrote on Saturday, Krystal Ball swept 1st CD caucuses this weekend in Stafford County and Fredericksburg, demolishing Scott Robinson and making his candidacy for the Democratic nomination a longshot at best. Now, Scott Robinson is reacting with class, restraint, and poise. Whoops, wrong Scott Robinson! Ha. Actually, this is how the real 1st CD candidate Scott Robinson is reacting.This email is being sent with the intent of informing you of troubling events that have developed over the last few weeks involving a fellow Democratic Committee (Stafford County) and what actions the Robinson campaign intends to use to remedy the situation.Those are some serious charges right there, up to and including possible illegality. The only problem, as 1st CD Democratic Party Chair Suzette Matthews points out, is that none of this is accurate. In fact, as Matthews points out, "Contrary to the second bullet of this message, local committees do not have to pay for expensive newspaper postings of caucuses." In addition, Matthews writes, "Please note the last sentence of the following provision of the DPVA Party Plan, which permits posting of the caucus notice on web sites and press release to newspapers (we understand [1st CD City and County chairs] have no control whether the newspaper prints the notice or not)."
It is the opinion of the Robinson campaign that the caucus process in Stafford County was "hijacked" by a small group of Krystal Ball supporters and the democratic process was circumvented with the intention of ensuring that the Krystal Ball campaign not only won a majority of delegates but left the caucus with a "slate" of supporters for Krystal Ball.
As I write this I am quite certain that while you read this you will feel this email is bourne of frustration and written with my campaigns best interests in mind. No doubt that is true.
However, there are facts that are too egregious to ignore that point in the direction of an organized attempt by members of the Stafford County Democratic Committee (SCDC) to make the proverbial "smoky backroom deal" scenario seem all too real.
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The Robinson campaign feels at the very least that the rules of the Caucus have been violated and election law could have been as well. Because of these facts and actions of individuals who are associated with BOTH the Krystal Ball for Congress campaign and the SCDC; the Robinson campaign intends to file a formal complaint with the Chair of the Virginia 1st Congressional District Committee.
My intention is to follow this email up with all of the county chairs of the 1st Congressional District individually. I appreciate your patience as we work our way through this process.
Best,
Gregory Richardson
Scott Robinson for Congress
804.xxx.xxxx
In short, Robinson's complaints are completely and wholly without merit, not to mention hysterical and pathetic. The only question is how badly his super-sore loser routine will hurt him in upcoming caucuses, starting with Gloucester tonight, followed by James City this Thursday, Newport News on March 25, etc.
Meanwhile, can somebody please call a waaaaaaaaaaambulance for Scott Robinson? It looks like he badly needs one.
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ReplyDeletePer Section 9.1 of the Democratic Party of Virginia Party Plan, as 1st Congressional District Chair cites... the text reads as follows:
"Where a caucus/convention process is used and the initial notice provides information as to the time and place of the convention, a second notice is not required. Instead of a newspaper notice, a committee may provide notice by placing notice on the State Party website, its local website, and providing a press release to all relevant newspapers of general circulation."
Therefore, in order for the Stafford County Democratic Committee Caucus to have given proper notice without paying for a political advertisement... they would have been required by the party plan to post the details of the caucus in NO LESS THAN THREE PLACES: their website, a press release, and the state party website.
A simple investigation indicates the following...
1.) There is a notice clearly posted on their website.
2.) We can assume from Suzette Matthews quotes in this blog post that the SCDC did send out a press release.
3.) Looking at the state party website calendar, I can see no reference to any caucus in Stafford County occuring in March.
Therefore, the Stafford County Democrats did violate Section 9.1 of the Democratic Party of Virginia Party Plan and failed to provide adequate notice of their caucus.
By the way, I am quite curious why you felt the need to simply use a [...] rather than post the full text of the email. Why not post the message in its entirety?
Daniel: I used a [...] because this message was extremely long and it's nonsense. Here's the rest of it, though, for people to laugh at.
ReplyDeleteThe facts:
· The SCDC violated the Democratic Party of Virginia's (DPVA) plan by not posting the Call to Caucus in a local paper.
· The SCDC did not inform the Robinson campaign of the Call to Caucus via phone, email, or United States Post Office mail.
· The chair of the SCDC did not inform the remainder of her own EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the Call to Caucus.
· The chair of the SCDC made the decision of the 'who, what, when, and where' of the Caucus without ANY input from the rest of the Executive Committee.
· The chair of the Committee chose to allow for a non-executive committee to take charge of the committee in her absence while on vacation in violation of the committee rules.
What a lot of drama over a totally worthless nomination.
ReplyDeleteIt's totally impossible for a Dem to win the 1st CD as currently configured.
Steve: That's simply not true. In fact, I can think of two scenarios right off the top of my head in which Krystal can win this election. Scenario #1: Crazy Catherine Crabill successfully primaries Rob Wittman for the Republican nomination. Scenario #2: Crazy Catherine Crabill runs as a "Tea Party" candidate against Wittman and Ball. In both of those cases, I'd put my money on Krystal to win.
ReplyDelete#1-Not going to happen. There's no discontent with Wittman in the 1st-at least among Republicans.
ReplyDelete#2 See #1. I'd also note that the district is so gerrymandered in favor of a Republican that a crazy Tea Party candidate could strip off 10% of the Repub vote and Wittman would still win.