by Julia Rosen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by occams hatchet [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

I met Darcy Burner for the second time last night.

It was pretty exciting, meeting a future president.  If you have to ask why I would say that, why, then, you haven't had the pleasure of meeting Darcy Burner.  

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

As far as an overall take on the convention I would pretty much associate myself with Robert's remarks.  Ultimately these events are more important for the time-honored political practice of networking, of meeting and gathering impressions on colleagues and candidates for the future, not in a formal speech setting but one-on-one.  While these endorsement fights and resolutions and platforms get the attention of the activists and insiders, and as well you can pretty fairly judge the activist/establishment gaps in the party in this fashion (the activists got virtually everything they wanted in this convention, particularly with respect to the platform), ultimately it's about people.  And at Calitics we were determined to bring that experience right to you by collecting audio and/or video of some of our most promising Congressional candidates.

First up are Charlie Brown and Russ Warner, but before that I wanted to sketch out some of the other candidates I met over the weekend:

by Dante Atkins (hekebolos) [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

One of my favorite Congressional Candidates--Darcy Burner, running for the second time in WA-08--will be in Los Angeles for several events on April 9th, including a fundraiser priced for netroots and grassroots activists.

The event will be hosted by Courage Campaign head Rick Jacobs, and it's just $25 to meet a wonderful candidate ($100 for host committee).  Darcy Burner is a co-author of the Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq, and a strong voice on FISA, telecom immunity and net neutrality.

To RSVP and for further information, just go to the event's ActBlue page.  Also, if you're on Facebook, here's our event page.  Go spread the word!

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

There's some real data in the form of third-quarter fundraising numbers to pore over, and events in Washington and at home have served to focus on some of our Congressional candidates here in California.  Plus, believe it or not, we're only about a year out from Election Day.  Let's take a look at the top ten races.

As usual, I'm going to rank them in order of most possible pickup, including their number from the last roundup.  I'm also, as usual, including the "Boxer number."  Basically, seeing how Boxer fared in her 2004 re-election against Bill Jones in a particular district is a decent indicator of how partisan it is.  If I put "57," that means Boxer received 57% of the vote.  Anything over 50, obviously, is good. (over)

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Well, we now have a list of 11 Potential Endorsees for our Primary Round of Endorsements, which you can check over the flip. 

Congressional Candidates