Carson City Democrats

Watch Governor Richardson's speech at the DNC Fall meeting here

Topics Discussed:

-Taking the Country Back
-Getting our of Iraq
-Jobs
-Quality of Life
-Technology
-Standing with Labor
-Investing in Education
-Paying Teachers More
-Diplomacy
-Health Care
-Faith
-Legacy
-FDR

August 1st was the deadline for all Presidential candidates (Democratic and Republican) to release their detailed health care plans in order to have a chance at the endorsement from Americans for Health Care and the SEIU. Richardson's plan was released several weeks ago. The basic idea of Richardson's plan is Affordable Health Care for All Americans. So what is the Richardson approach to health care? It is a three prong approach:

1. Open up existing sources of affordable, portable coverage to more Americans
2. Help families pay for coverage
3. Provide relief from high health costs

The details of the plan can be found here
To find out more about the Nevada for Health Care campaign, click here

It's Richardson's bold approach to the issues that have helped him leap ahead of John Edwards in Arizona and nearly tied with Obama in Iowa. See the poll results here

This past weekend the campaign spent some time reaching out to voters at the Carson City Rendezvous and Carson Valley Days. Campaign staff and volunteers walked around both events passing out Richardson for President stickers and collecting information from interested Nevada voters.

Governor Richardson has said he will “outwork any other campaign” and this past weekend we proved it by being the only presidential campaign at either event. At the Rendezvous we met one vendor from Yerington. He is an Ostrich rancher and was selling leather and jerky. The conversation quickly turned to healthcare. He is a Veteran and has to drive from Yerington to Dayton to visit a VA facility. We let him know that under Governor Richardson’s Health Care Plan, he would receive a “Hero’s Health Card” that would allow him to visit a medical facility close to home and the VA would pay for it as if he had visited them.

This is just one example of how Richardson’s grassroots strategy is reaching out to voters in counties other than Clark and Washoe. This strategy is especially important now that rural America is becoming more and more Democratic. This article by NPR highlights that change; a change in which the Carson City Democrats are on the frontline.