<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post115603938334415557..comments</id><updated>2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Advance Indiana™: Democrats Reject Rule Expanding GLBT Representation</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/115603938334415557/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2006/08/democrats-reject-rule-expanding-glbt.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Gary R. Welsh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-115608577750242854</id><published>2006-08-20T09:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-20T09:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s my party, and I read the change today...sent ...</title><content type='html'>It&#39;s my party, and I read the change today...sent to me by a DNC friend.  It&#39;s really too awkward and couched to make much sense.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But you&#39;re onto something here, AI.&lt;BR/&gt;It doesn&#39;t dillute the GLBT representation because no quotas existed formally.  There were strong informal agreements amogn candidates for the 2004 nomination, and DNC officials, during that campaign, to work hard to increase GLBT representation.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wish they hadn&#39;t passed the latest nonsense.  But it isn&#39;t the end of the world.  All major candidates for the 2008 nomination have reached out to our community and will continue to do so.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Woulda coulda shoulda...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/115603938334415557/comments/default/115608577750242854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/115603938334415557/comments/default/115608577750242854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2006/08/democrats-reject-rule-expanding-glbt.html?showComment=1156085760000#c115608577750242854' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2006/08/democrats-reject-rule-expanding-glbt.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-115603938334415557' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/115603938334415557' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="9:56 AM GMT-5"/></entry></feed>