Spent the weekend in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire for a Dean-NH campaign staffer reunion. Though it rained all weekend, that didn't spoil our fun; I had a grand time catching up with everyone. My ex-coworkers drank so much beer -- I felt bad for the Moosilauke Lodge staff who had to clean up after us. Events included: board games (I lost at scrabble twice), yoga, a slideshow, sing-a-longs, skits, improv (I was a third of an Oracle), and grand theft auto of the bulldozer variety. And of course it wouldn't be a Dean event if there weren't some serious glogging. (Also: Taimsesasta has a great post on the event.)
On the way back from the UV, us Deaniacs threw a event for ex-Dean supporters in Manch-Vegas. I got to see my old campaign mom, who is doing fabulously. In her late 70's, she's still getting more action than I am ;)
Trveling from NH to MA, I stopped by my brother's new abode and helped him carry and build his new desk from Ikea. He's living with three women (one being his SO), which should be an interesting experiene. My bro's always been a very tidy person, so I don't think he'll have much of a problem.
That's all for tonight. Looks like the NetRoots got their (our?) first primary win with Tester in MT. I'll be refreshing CA-50 results with the rest of y'all until late tonight.
Update: Well, Busby was a bit of a dissapointment, though expected. (Janeite and SethBH can both confirm that I predicted a 4-point margin of loss -- exactly what it ended up being.)
Regarding the Dean Reunion, I've posted the lyrics to the hilarious Keene sing-a-long below.
CAMPAIGN OR SELL YOUR SOUL
Sung to the tune of Piano Man by Billy Joel
It’s 9 o’clock on a Saturday
The reunion is moving along
The Talent Show’s just getting started here
It’s time for another Keene song!
Two years have passed since we lost the race
Everyone’s got something new
But we’ve noticed that there is a difference
With what different people now do
Chorus:
It’s campaign or sell your soul to the man
Everyone got to decide
Cause we still have the power to change the world
OR make money, retire and DIE
Old Robby Mook is a friend of mine
Still losing his hair on the trail
While Gardner is charging the poorest folk
And sending their families to jail
JBird is fighting the corporate beast
He works 20 hours a day
At his NY firm Steiny works half as long
And Gets forty-five times the pay
Chorus
Seth’s name will be on the ballot line
And Lex takes on Norwalk, CT
While MoMary stacks dollars at S and C
Pretty soon he’ll be half GOP
On the one hand our true campaign comrades
Passionate, Virtuous and Poor
On the other you have all our lawyer chums
Like: David Steinberg, Lex Paulson, Scott Tift, Rachel Burlage, Mike O’Mary, Mathew Gardner, Jake Decker, Jonathan Sclarsic, Stephanie Collamare, Tim Abbott, Jason Spitalnick, Dan Shin, Lauren Popper, David Gringer AND MORE
Piano Break
Chorus
Pretty good crowd at Camp Mousilake
If Howard were here he would smile
And I’m sure he’d forgive all the lawyer’s here
And say Let’s Go Get F**king S**t-faced YEEAAHHH
So we pounded the Streets of the Granite State
And carried the banner for Dean
Be an a**hole at a law firm for a little while
Till OBAMA Two-thousand six-teen!
I got a shout-out, did I? ::laugh:: Nice.
Good to see you this weekend.
It was great to see you. Looking forward to us both being in DC in August!