I was there, too.  I'm normally at the Paramount gates, but came specifically to see him.  Several of my friends did likewise.  I think he did himself a lot of good by showing up.  There was a brief press conference afterwards and I saw mikes for CNN, TVGuide, local stations and more.

You're doing Clinton a disfavor.  Back in 2004, Kerry and Gephardt ganged up on Dean.  It's just what the trailing candidates have to do.  Besides, didn't Clinton say "turn up the heat"?

straight down to the robotic paid staffers yelling "turn the heat on".  What a lame phrase.  If you're inspired, then you've lost your minds.  I like how Edwards reminded us that the 90's produced NAFTA and Hillary's failure on healthcare.  They sold out Democratic ideas and the result was the loss of both houses of Congress.  I agree.  We can not go back to the days of the Clintons in charge, otherwise the Democrats will be sacrificed for their own political self-importance.

Nice smug title. Good that it's keeping in tone with the rest of her campaign. Now that's discipline.

Not so sure if Davis is still gonna retire.  Not only is the polling versus Warner looking bad, but more importantly, the VA GOP just voted to have a convention decide their nominee and not a primary. That works towards Gilmore's favor. Looks like Davis may play it safe and stay in the House. With that said, we should still try and target him.

I would just like to add that Asian Americans have been trending Democratic, too, reaching upwards of 60% from 30% when Bush I was running. In fact, APA's were the only group which Junior lost ground from 2000 to 20004.

I don't know about 2006, but in 2004 Asian Americans actually voted for Dems at a higher rate than Latinos.  In fact, Asian Americans were the ONLY group that Bush got a lower percentage in 2004 than 2000.

That's what should happen.  But as we have seen, the Senators are too chummy with one another.  They won't have the guts to do it.

My initial comment was made to help bring more people of color to this site.  It's like the TV show Friends.  Why did so few African Americans and other minorties not watch that show? Because they did not see themselves or their issues on the screen. Same thing with websites.  If someone does not see themselves at the table, they won't participate.

Sure, you can say, "oh, we're all the same, let's just get along."  The simple fact is, we ARE NOT all the same.  And there is nothing wrong with that.  It's great that we are different.  It's great that there is diversity in this country.  It's how people respond to it that's the problem.  For people who don't like diversity, it usually means "English only programs" and borders on the fences.  When someone says, "let's focus on the ALL," it usually means let's focus on what the majority in a subconcious way.

Oh, and yes, the war in Iraq can be seen as a "white person issue" even though people of color are also impacted heavily by the war.  That's because 1.) we may have other pressing issues affecting our communities on a day-to-day basis and 2.) our notion of being American is a lot more complicated than it is for white people.

Well, amongst the activist crowd, the next two big issues are the recent comments from the Japanese Prime Minister denying the existence of Comfort Women and the Filipino Veterans Equity Bill.  The glass ceiling remains a big issue as Asian Ameicans still feel they have to work twice as hard to get half as far, as well as the racial profiling issue that many South Asians are suffering.  The Japanese Americans have also come out strongly against the discrimination that the Arab Americans are facing because of their own experiences.

As an Asian American, I can tell you what people talk about in my circle of family, friends and political associates. Immigration is issue number one.  We organized an immigration townhall and had over 200 people attend.  We tried to get folks to attend an anti-war rally and hardly anyone showed up.  I'm just reporting the facts on what issues are motivating people.  Take it for what it's worth.

If you want MyDD to be more diverse, perhaps you should blog about issues that matter to people of color.

Vote for Andy.  He's a great guy and he'd be the first Asian American on the city council.

I am sure these polls will change over the next year. Last night, we had a gathering of about 25 community leaders at my home in Los Angeles.  These were people who follow politics closely. Obama, Edwards and Undecided each had 6-9 votes. Hillary had one and "someone else" had zero.  I have a feeling the numbers will shift to look more like that.