Hey, there’s Brian, whom I must’ve wowed, because I didn’t make his list and Kuff — but he sucks, and Anna, who doesn’t suck whatsoever, and over there standing on the rickety bar stool yelling is Vince. He appears to be having the proverbial good time by all. Everyone. Everybody’s good time is also being had by Vince.

And hey! I see Muses and Ladies in Pink (no wait, that’s not her after all, and it’s not Alison Bell either, who was smashing — particularly her curly coiffure) and some of the fellows from Burnt Orange. Last night I ran into Trey, who had to remind me he wasn’t his sister (and then reminded everyone that he sometimes IS a little bitch).

The DU crowd numbered twenty-plus and took over the back of the Flying Saucer. I was stuck mostly up front, playing spotter to Barbara, who jumped up on the sofa arm to say a few words. Picture me catching the next Senator from the Great State falling into my arms as she tumbled backward. It didn’t happen, and I wasn’t hoping it would, but it would have made a great picture …

Then Mrs. Diddie and I wrapped the evening at Crystal Ballroom ‘C’, where J- Lee and J. Goodwille (he’s third from the top) and the rest of the exceptionally hip were jammin’.

I have only a small headache.

As of this moment, here is a list of confirmed candidates and officeholders who will be attending or dropping by the Blogger’s Caucus at Flying Saucer during the ‘Caucus’(thanks to Anna of Annatopia for compiling this):

Paula Hightower Pierson
John Courage
David Van Os
Larry Stallings
Mary Beth Harrell
David Pillow
Lon Burnham
Valerie Baston-Young
Sen. Rodney Ellis
Reps. Jessican Farrar, Garnet Coleman, Ana Hernandez, Rick Noriega (with his stand-in and wife, Melissa Noriega)
Candidates Diane Trautman, Sherrie Matula, Kristi Thibaut, Mark McDavid
Dot Nelson-Turnier
Barbara Radnofsky
Hank Gilbert
Terri Moore
Judge Susan Criss (Galveston County)
Joe Jaworski (immediate past Galveston City Councilman and potential candidate for SD 17 in 2008 who got significant publicity from the media during Hurricane Rita. He is also the grandson of Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski)

If you are aware of others, please put them in the comments and I’ll add them ASAP.

I’ve added the remaining bloggers blogging the convention to the sidebar. If you are in the meida and have received your press packet concerning blogs and bloggers’ caucus, please contact me at Vince_Leibowitz@cox.net if you are unable to locate your password for the site in your packet.

Also, a number of candidates have been confirmed to attend the Blogger’s Caucus on Friday at Flying Saucer. I’ll post a complete list in the morning.

Democratic Senate Nominee Barbara Radnofsky has just confirmed that she will attend the Blogger’s Caucus on the Friday night of the 2006 TDP Convention at Flying Saucer! She’s planning on making her entry at 11 after a fund-raiser of her own and some other events. So, make sure you will be around when Barbara makes her enterance.

Also, over the long Memorial Day Weekend, I’ve been working “behind the scenes” here at Blogger’s Caucus to post the many, many updates I’ve received from Bloggers in the past two weeks. I’ve got them all ready to post, so expect to see everything I have online so far Monday evening.

Also, if you haven’t sent your credentials form in to the Texas Democratic Party for Media/Blogger credentials, please do so ASAP. The link to the credentials form is in the post below.

Also, if you are going to be blogging the TDP convention and haven’t sent your information to Blogger’s Caucus, there’s no time like the present to do so! Email me if you have questions!

Thanks to Anna of Annatopia in Fort Worth, we have the definitive schedule (as of May 8th) for the Second Annual Blogger’s Caucus at the Texas Democratic Party Convention.
Calling all bloggers and convention attendees!

Here’s the details for the 2006 Texas Democratic Convention Blogger’s Caucus.
After much discussion on and off the blogs, we came to the conclusion that Friday afternoon wasn’t going to work. There will be actual convention business during that time, and we don’t want to pull anyone away from any caucus, event, or meeting they may want to attend.

So… here’s the time and place:

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