How are you going to feel if the DNC forces a symbolic roll call vote? The last straw; my sentiments exactly! Enough is enough. This is the United States of America, not China or Russia. This is a democracy of the people, by the people. Delegates need to vote the will of the people, not the will of the DNC. The Obama and DNC strong arming and thuggery must end now!

Hopefully, this effective new ad by The Denver Group will give the delegates the courage to stand up for and represent the will of the voter and encourage the DNC to listen to their better angels. The group’s latest print ad, Last Straw, will appear today, Monday August 25 in The Hill’s DNC edition, which will be distributed in Denver.

Last Straw



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Here is what The Denver Group has to say about their Last Straw ad:

This adverstisement will appear in print in the Monday edition of The Hill’s special Democratic National Party Convention.

For those not familiar with The Hill, here is some information from them regarding their target audience and how The Hill is making sure to reach that audience.

The DNC editions will feature hard-hitting news from the convention site. Our full staff of editors and reporters will be in Denver working on late deadlines allowing for the most up-to-date features and articles on convention coverage. Monday we will distribute to our regular subscriber base – 22, 795 plus 15,000 at each convention city. Tuesday-Thursday, The Hill will be printed locally at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver and distributed to the Denver hotel rooms, lobbies and convention center. Again, 15,000 plus for each Denver issue.

Get fired up, folks. We’ve got action items for today. Check the front page (at Alegre’s Corner) and stay tuned for more action diaries. We need your participation because this fight isn’t over.

Crossposted at Alegre’s Corner

[UPDATED] From Heidi Li Feldman, J.D., Ph.D., co-founder of The Denver Group, with a snip from USA Today.

In a just published story that includes coverage of the delegates and groups working to support their efforts to act honorably and conscientiously, USA Today noted The Denver Group:

At issue at the convention, of course, is not only what Clinton says but what her delegates do. Heidi Li Feldman, a Georgetown University law professor who helped organize the ad hoc The Denver Group, is among those who demanded that Clinton’s name be placed in nomination and a roll-call vote taken. A move to declare Obama the nominee by acclamation is not what they have in mind — even if that’s what Clinton proposes in her speech after a few states have cast their ballots. “When someone tries to ram a vote by acclamation, you can walk out of the convention,” Feldman says. “If you stay in that hall, you can stand up and say, ‘We will not be silenced.’ I tell them to stand up and sing, ‘We Shall Not Be Overcome.’ “ [emphasis added]